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Source Description
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.”The three rectangular faces of this bead each have a different hybrid animals across its surfaces, and the two triangular sides each have a stylized vine vignette on a blue background.
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35674
label
Bead with Hybrid Animals
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title
Bead with Hybrid Animals
description
Mina’i is a modern collectors’ term for ceramics made in Iran during the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The term mina’i, translates as “enamelled” in Persian, designating the colored glass pigments used to paint detailed figural decoration on vessels or tiles, which were then fixed on the ceramic base by multiple firings. The use of a wide range of colors, including turquoise, red, green, purple, and black, also led these types of ceramics to be called by the Persian term “haft rang,” or “seven colors.”The three rectangular faces of this bead each have a different hybrid animals across its surfaces, and the two triangular sides each have a stylized vine vignette on a blue background.
provenance
Ex-Coll.: Joseph Brummer, 1941
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq (?))
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en
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beads (pierced objects)
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cm
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1.8
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2
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2.7
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H: 11/16 × W: 13/16 × L: 1 1/16 in. (1.8 × 2 × 2.7 cm)
Source extras
med
fritware, white underglaze, black, blue, dark green, and red overglaze enamel, with traces of gilding
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6768
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none
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none
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