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Mina’i ceramics were made in Iran during the 12th & 13th centuries. Mina’i ware scenes depict courtly pursuits such as feasting, fighting, or poetry & music performances.

Many Mina’i ceramics were taken & put in museums across the world.

A thread on Mina’i ceramics in museums…
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century Iran, Kashan

It can be imagined that the performer here, is delivering the verses inscribed along the rim of the bowl: "If the beloved leaves me, what am I to do? If s/he does not see the wisdom of our union, what am I to do?"

@LACMA
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran.

The ruler and courtiers depicted in this scene all wear costumes with embroidered tiraz armbands of the type traditionally given by Muslim rulers as honorific gifts to their subjects.

@brooklynmuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century, Iran

Bowl with paired riders inscribed with good wishes

@BM_AG
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran.

The central figure seen here is seated on a harnessed horse, possibly while on a hunt. The exterior of this footed bowl includes what is possibly a pseudo-inscription in the cursive naskhi style.

@walters_museum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Bowl with paired riders inscribed with good wishes

@AshmoleanMuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century Iran, Kashan

@LACMA
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

@metmuseum
Mina’i bowl, 1200-1250 c. Isfahan, Iran, Seljuk

Mina'i Bowl with Horsemen, Seated Figures and Harpies, and Pseudo-inscription around the Exterior

@harvartmuseums
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Bowl with seated figures and sphinxes, Mina'i ware, earthenware with polychrome enamels and gold over turquoise glaze

@cincyartmuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century Iran

Bowl Inscribed "Increasing Prosperity, Wealth"

@DIADetroit
Mina’i bowl, 12th century (Seljuq), Iran

@PUArtMuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century Iran

princely figures seated under a tree with birds & fishpond. Kufic inscription along the inside of the rim is based on the Arabic word, al-‘izz (glory) inscription on the outside is based on the word al-barr (piety)

@KhaliliOnline
Mina’i bowl, c. 1175-1220, Kashan, Iran

@FitzMuseum_UK
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran.

Bowl with Confronted Mounted Horsemen, late 12th-early 13th century. Ceramic, mina'i (enameled) or haft rangi (seven colors)

@brooklynmuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Turquoise Bowl with Lute Player & Audience
Assembly with an audience of 10 people, or singers, surrounding the ’ud-player is depicted on this bowl. Bowls of fruit suggest the festive nature of the event

@metmuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Depicting Mounted Falconer Encircled by Sphinxes

@hi_shangrila
Mina’i bowl, 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Decorated with an enthroned ruler flanked by two attendants; the inner walls are covered in a wide band of palmette scrolls. An inscription in kufic script borders the inside rim

@V_and_A
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century (Seljuq), Iran

Bowl with Design of Two Equestrian Figures, Two Seated Figures, Tree, Birds, and Inscriptions

@StlArtMuseum
Mina’i bowl, late 12th-early 13th century Iran, Seljuk

Depicting enthroned royal figure & four attendants with visitor in a garden with trees, birds and pond. Persian inscription painted below the figures with second inscription painted on the exterior rim.

@britishmuseum

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Feb 12
İznik is a town in northwestern Turkey, renowned for its Ottoman-era hand painted ceramics & tiles.

İznik tiles decorated walls of shrines, mosques & palaces. Many were taken & put in museums & private collections across the globe.

A thread on exquisite İznik tiles in museums…
Two Iznik Tiles with Continuous Floral Pattern
Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), c.1560

Pattern is typical of the ‘saz style’ a term that derives from the words saz kalem, or “reed pen.” The style developed in album drawings in black ink during second half of 16thc.

@artinstitutechi
Iznik tile, 1560-1600, Ottoman, Turkey

Tile-work was normally used to provide rich splashes of colour on building exteriors, or to emphasise important areas of the interiors.

@V_and_A
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Feb 8
Most ancient Qur’an manuscripts are now fragments scattered around the world in museums, libraries & collections

Kufic script is one of the oldest forms of Arabic calligraphy, & was used as a preferred script for the Qur’an, many fragments are found in global museums

A thread…
Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"
late 8th–early 9th century

Magnificent in size, this folio comes from one of the oldest surviving Qur'an manuscripts in existence. It is written in an early version of the kufic script with no diacritical marks to distinguish the letters

@LACMA
Qur'an (Koran) page (detached) 9thC-10thC Iraq

eleven lines of Kufic script in black ink on vellum recto and verso; vocalisations shown with red dots; traces of binding on the right.

@britishmuseum
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Feb 1
Eight-pointed star tiles decorated walls of shrines, mosques & palaces in Iran.

Many of these tiles were taken by archaeologists & are found scattered across the world in museums & collections, fragmented & decontextualized.

A thread on beautiful Iranian star tiles in museums…
1. Eight-pointed Star Tile, Date 1262 (AH Muharram 661)
Dynasty: Il-Khanid Dynasty (1256-1353) or earlier
Made in Iran

Kashan (probable place of creation)
Imamzada Yahya shrine (original location)

@AshmoleanMuseum
2. Eight-pointed Star-Shaped Tile, second half 13th–14th century, Iran

decorated using a method called lajvardina, a term that references lapis lazuli, & would have been part of a star-and-cross panel adorning the walls of an Ilkhanid palace, mosque, or mausoleum.

@metmuseum
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Jan 15
Different types of Islamic miniatures:

-Ottoman (Istanbul)

-Safavid (Shiraz)

-Timurid (Herat)

-Mughal (Delhi)

A thread… ImageImageImageImage
Ottoman…

The Ottoman court became invested in writing its own history.

The court historian (şehnameci), a new position established in the 1550s, set to work producing manuscripts with illustrations.

Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-1595) in his Library @harvartmuseums Image
Safavid…

The best artists from across the empire were brought together & under the direction of Bihzad, the famed miniaturist from Herat, and formed a new Safavid style of painting. Image
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