The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown, plate V from the illustrated book "Jazz"

Fragment of a molded terracotta plaque, broken on all sides. Flat on the back. A great deal of brown dirt or accretion in the crevices. Two armed riders on horses (two, though t...

The cheek pieces of this horse bit are in the shape of walking horses. The bit is a square-sectioned rod, hammered and curled in opposite directions on the ends (20.8 cm long, 2.7 ...

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...

On the shoulder: This scene depicts gorgons chasing after the hero Perseus, whose most famous accomplishment was beheading one of the gorgons, Medusa; presumably here we see the tw...

Obv.: radiate head of Domitian r., around Latin inscription, round countermark depicting head to r. Rev.: Palm tree, with seven branches and two clusters of dates, around Latin in...