Stirrup-spout bottle with feline and snake

Large ovoid stirrup jar. Broad ring base. Rounded body with maximum diameter above center. Broad shoulder with narrow, tubular spout and slightly flaring rim, positioned vertically...

Squat, biconical stirrup jar. Ring base. Flat top-disk painted with concentric circles and dot, about the same size as spout. Thick concentric bands around vase, traces of thinn...

The vessel has a shallow foot with flat base. A slight edge marks the transition of shoulder to neck, which opens in a flaring mouth. A flat strap handle connects lip and shoulder....

This ovoid bottle rises from a flat, circular base; it lacks even a hint of a footring. Above the bottle's shoulder, its walls constrict to form a narrow neck and then expand to fo...

Conical flat disc with spiral decoration. Its diameter exceeds that of the original lipped mouth. Slightly hollwed base. 2 chervons from concentric bands at shoulder flank the spou...

Figural designs on polychrome ceramics offer tantalizing and often puzzling glimpses into the complex society of the Samanid realm, now divided between northeastern Iran and Uzbeki...