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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.” Stylized floral motifs and vines adorn the entire exterior, with faded human faces raised in relief across the surface of the jug. The two spouts and two handles are decorated with a white dot pattern that mimics the raised dots across the surface of the jug, and the handles are shaped like tigers.