LNS 9 C

Earthenware bowl, metallic lustre-painted in copper red and olive green...

LNS 9 C

Earthenware bowl, metallic lustre-painted in copper red and olive green with whirling half-palmettes

Inv. no. LNS 9 C
Wheel-thrown, glazed and metallic lustre-painted
Height 7.5 cm; diameter 28.7 cm
Iraq, 9th century AD
3rd century AH

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LNS 295 C

Three-footed composite-bodied ceramic dish with lustre-painted enthroned and haloed prince...

LNS 295 C

Three-footed composite-bodied ceramic dish with lustre-painted enthroned and haloed prince seated amidst stemmed blossoms and foliage, suggesting a garden setting; underside of dish with paired half-palmette ‘trees’ and a central unintelligible device

Inv. no. LNS 295 C
Wheel-thrown, the feet hand-formed and attached, opaque white glaze, metallic lustre-painted
Height 5.5 cm; diameter 14.8 cm
Iran (Kashan), 2nd half 13th century AD
2nd half 7th century AH

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LNS 193 C

Earthenware “Garrus ware” dish, featuring a dove with a stylized...

LNS 193 C

Earthenware “Garrus ware” dish, featuring a dove with a stylized foliate stem

Inv. no. LNS 193 C
Wheel-thrown, covered with an off-white engobe, incised, transparent colourless glaze
Height 4 cm; diameter 24 cm
Northwest Iran, 12th century AD
6th century AH

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LNS 1077 C b,d,e / LNS 32 St a,c

Three earthenware tiles, all featuring near-identical goats with tails terminating...

LNS 1077 C b,d,e / LNS 32 St a,c

Three earthenware tiles, all featuring near-identical goats with tails terminating in curled half-palmettes

Inv. no. LNS 1077 C b, d, e
Moulded: ‘b’ with transparent yellow glaze over white engobe; ‘d’ with iron stain painted on the pink body, transparent colourless glaze; ‘e’ with transparent green glaze over white engobe
Average height 11.4 cm; average width 11.3 cm
East Iranian world, Ghazni, 2nd half 12th century AD
2nd half 6th century AH

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LNS 1071 C

Unglazed earthenware tile (probably once part of a frieze) with...

LNS 1071 C

Unglazed earthenware tile (probably once part of a frieze) with the representation of a lion amidst a scroll, the lion’s tail and the scroll developing dragons’ heads

Inv. no. LNS 1071 C
Moulded and carved
Height 10.8 cm; width 16.8 cm
Transoxiana, 12th century AD
6th century AH

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LNS 231 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish, the center with a configuration of six...

LNS 231 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish, the center with a configuration of six circular dense foliated and floriated scrolls and five stylized palmettes, bordered by eight paired Chinese-style cloud devices, the rim with a border of small flowers on thin scrolling stems; exterior with alternations of two types of Chinese-inspired cloud motifs

Inv. no. LNS 231 C
Wheel-thrown, covered with a white engobe, painted with cobalt blue stain, transparent colourless glaze
Height 9 cm; diameter 45.2 cm
Turkey, Iznik, ca. 1525-35 AD
ca. 932 – 942 AH

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LNS 219 C a,b

Two lustre tiles, probably from a shrine, inscribed with Qur’an...

LNS 219 C a,b

Two lustre tiles, probably from a shrine, inscribed with Qur’an chapter 55 (al-Rahman) vv.36-39 and chapter 34 (Saba`) vv.9-11 Kashan, Iran, second half 7th century AH/second half 13th century AD

Inv. No: LNS 219 C a and b
DHIKR EXB 14 March 2013
(case 7)
CORNER TILE
Iranian world, 2nd half 7th century AH/2nd half 13th century CE
Fritware, moulded, glazed and luster-painted
Inv. no. LNS 219 C a

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LNS 768 C

Porcelain jar, probably produced for the domestic or foreign Islamic...

LNS 768 C

Porcelain jar, probably produced for the domestic or foreign Islamic market, with a wide central band filled with an Islamic infinite pattern of ten-pointed stars, pentagons, and other polygons (lozenge plan of repetition, based on decagons tangent at their apexes)

Inv. no. LNS 768 C
Wheel-thrown, painted in cobalt blue stain, transparent colourless glaze
Height 22.7 cm; diameter 14.3 cm
China, early 15th century AD
early 9th century AH

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LNS 515 C

Composite-bodied lustre-painted ceramic ‘tombstone’ with inscriptions in naskhi and nasta‘liq...

LNS 515 C

Composite-bodied lustre-painted ceramic ‘tombstone’ with inscriptions in naskhi and nasta‘liq scripts, including a passage from the Qur’an (chapter 55, verses 26 and 27), an invocation of blessing on the twelve Shi‘a imams, and Persian verses giving the name and date of death of the deceased, Zayn al-‘Abidin ibn Sayyid Mir ‘Ali, and the signature of the maker, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muzaffar

Inv. no. LNS 515 C
Moulded, metallic lustre-painted on an opaque white glaze
Height 39.8 cm; width 26.2 cm
Iranian world, dated 881 AH/1476-77 AD

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LNS 234 C

Mosaic inscriptional panel (composite bodied ceramic set into plaster), rendering...

LNS 234 C

Mosaic inscriptional panel (composite bodied ceramic set into plaster), rendering part of verse 286, chapter 2 of the Qur’an, against a continuous spiralling scroll issuing palmettes and half-palmettes

Inv. no. LNS 234 C
Glazed and set
Height 31.5 cm; width 168 cm
Anatolia, thought to be from the Büyük Karatay Madrasa, Konya, of 650 AH/1251 AD

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LNS 210 C

Composite bodied bowl painted in cobalt blue and metallic lustre,...

LNS 210 C

Composite bodied bowl painted in cobalt blue and metallic lustre, the inside center with birds amidst a quadripartite half-palmette scroll, against a dense spiralling scroll ground. Inscriptions in an extremely free cursive hand include good wishes to the owner; Persian verses on the pain of love; Arabic verses attributed to the Imam al-Shaf’i on the importance of learning; and the date of manufacture

Inv. no. LNS 210 C
Wheel-thrown, glazed and painted in metallic lustre and cobalt blue on an opaque white glaze
Height 8.2 cm; diameter 23.5 cm
Central Iran, Kashan, dated in the month of Shawwal 614 AH/January 1218 AD

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LNS 350 C

Composite bodied ceramic jar with a mannered cursive inscription around...

LNS 350 C

Composite bodied ceramic jar with a mannered cursive inscription around the shoulder, expressing good wishes to the owner

Inv. no. LNS 350 C
Wheel-thrown, carved in relief, transparent green glaze
Height 43 cm; diameter 30 cm
Egypt, 12th century AD
6th century AH

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LNS 372 C

Earthenware bowl decorated in polychrome metallic lustre-painting in radial layout,...

LNS 372 C

Earthenware bowl decorated in polychrome metallic lustre-painting in radial layout, with four shield-shaped compartments each containing a schematic plant and multiple lines of pseudo-Kufic script, probably of talismanic or ‘magic’ intent

Inv. no. LNS 372 C
Wheel-thrown, metallic lustre-painted on an opaque off-white glaze
Height 6.2 cm; diameter 21.2 cm
Iraq, 9th century AD
3rd century AH

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LNS 859 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish featuring, at center an elephant fight before...

LNS 859 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish featuring, at center an elephant fight before a royal pavilion, bordered by flowering plants in counterclockwise rotation

Inv. no. LNS 859 C
Wheel-thrown, underglaze painted with cobalt stain, transparent colourless glaze
Height 3.5 cm; diameter 25.5 cm
India, ca. 17th – 18th century AD
ca. 11th – 12th century AH

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LNS 290 C

Composite-bodied ceramic tile from the Mausoleum of Khwaja Rabi‘ at...

LNS 290 C

Composite-bodied ceramic tile from the Mausoleum of Khwaja Rabi‘ at Mashhad (north-eastern Iran), the field with a centralized half-palmette arabesque which seamlessly weds the hexagonal center with the octagonal outer perimeter; inscribed inside the central polygon, ‘O Protector’ (an invocation to God)

Inv. no. LNS 290 C
Moulded, underglaze engobe, stain-painted, transparent colourless glaze
Height 20.5 cm; width 20.5 cm
Eastern Iran, Mashhad, ca. 1620 AD
ca. 1029 – 1030 AH

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LNS 1084 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish, the well with a fanciful plant with...

LNS 1084 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish, the well with a fanciful plant with serrated leaves and a central lotus leaf

Inv. no. LNS 1084 C
Wheel-thrown, underglaze engobe, stain-painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze
Height 5.5 cm; diameter 34 cm
Northwest Iran, ca. 1600 AD
ca. 1009 AH

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LNS 827 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish covered with whirling floral and foliate scrolls...

LNS 827 C

Composite-bodied ceramic dish covered with whirling floral and foliate scrolls

Inv. no. LNS 827 C
Wheel-thrown, underglaze engobe, stain-painted, transparent colourless glaze
Height 7 cm; diameter 34.7 cm
Turkey, circa 1575 AD
circa 983 AH

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LNS 1060 C

Unglazed earthenware master-mould for the production of composite-bodied ceramic vessels,...

LNS 1060 C

Unglazed earthenware master-mould for the production of composite-bodied ceramic vessels, decorated with haloed figures wearing elaborate head-dresses, seated in arched ‘pavillions’; around the base, good wishes to the owner in naskhi script

Inv. no. LNS 1060 C
Moulded and carved
Height 12 cm; diameter 16.5 cm
East Iranian world, 12th – 13th century AD
6th – 7th century AH

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LNS 185 C

Reticulated double-walled composite-bodied ceramic ewer, the openwork shell decorated with...

LNS 185 C

Reticulated double-walled composite-bodied ceramic ewer, the openwork shell decorated with seated princely figures enclosed in curvilinearized dodecagonal compartments

Inv. no. LNS 185 C
Wheel-thrown and moulded, pierced, underglaze-painted in black, transparent turquoise glaze detailed with cobalt blue
Height 29.6 cm; diameter 15.5 cm
Iranian world, early 13th century AD
early 7th century AH

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LNS 498 C

Earthenware bowl decorated with a stylized vegetal motif...

LNS 498 C

Earthenware bowl decorated with a stylized vegetal motif

Inv. no. LNS 498 C
Wheel-thrown, overglaze painted in cobalt stain
Height 5 cm; diameter 20.2 cm
Iraq, 9th century AD
3rd century AH

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LNS 99 C

Composite-bodied ceramic ewer, the body covered with upright foliate scrolls...

LNS 99 C

Composite-bodied ceramic ewer, the body covered with upright foliate scrolls bearing lotus blossoms, and the neck with a continuous scroll of leaves and lotus blossoms

Inv. no. LNS 99 C
Wheel-thrown and modelled, underglaze engobe, slip- and stain-painted, transparent colourless glaze
Height 27.8 cm; width 20 cm
Turkey, 1560-70 AD
968 – 978 AH

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LNS 9 C

LNS 295 C

LNS 193 C

LNS 1077 C b,d,e / LNS 32 St a,c

LNS 1071 C

LNS 231 C

LNS 219 C a,b

LNS 768 C

LNS 515 C

LNS 234 C

LNS 210 C

LNS 350 C

LNS 372 C

LNS 859 C

LNS 290 C

LNS 1084 C

LNS 827 C

LNS 1060 C

LNS 185 C

LNS 498 C

LNS 99 C