Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions
Cleveland Museum of Art

Twelve-sided Ewer with Sphinxes and Human-Headed Inscriptions

1300–1350

hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Calligraphy with human heads, known as animated script, developed in northeast Iran during the 1100s.

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