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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.”A central octagon with bands of white extending out of it marks the center of the bowl, and between each ray are stylized floral motifs in alternating turquoise and blue. The vines and floral motifs are highlighted with gilding, and the exterior body of the bowl features a faint naskhi inscription.
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