Mina'i Beaker with Seated Princes · Islam Museum

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

A minai ceramic cup (seven colours over the glaze) showing seated princes; 1180–1220, Kashan, one of the finest pre-Mongol ceramics. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. ¹

People and things also explored

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

Sources

Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Mina'i Beaker with Seated Princes”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/kas-minai/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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