Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes

إبريق اثني عشر وجهاً بالأسد المجنح

Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1945.27.

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A twelve-sided brass ewer with scenes of a winged lion and inscriptions with human heads; 1300–1350, Ilkhanid Khurasan. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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