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Iran (Kashan)
Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes
2726
Dated 612 AH / 1215–16 CE, corresponding to the Khwarazm-shahs period under Seljuq cultural dominance in medieval Iran (Kashan).
Created as a high-status luxury display piece and elite wine or water container, combining utilitarian liquid storage with sophisticated poetic inscriptions and apotropaic zoomorphic symbolism.
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