Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress

Depth

At a glance

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In time

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

Overview

A human figure with a jewelled crown; twelfth to early thirteenth century, Iran. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. ¹

People and things also explored

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

Sources

Metropolitan Museum Open Access

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islam.museum contributors. “Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/tamthal-taj/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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