Jade Feline on top of a Finial

Square in section, this tall vase has a circular footring and a short, circular neck with lightly flaring walls. The vase is strongly archaistic in character, its shape deriving f...

This bulbous finial support is decorated with four faces. The faces have two variations, and each face shares elements with the neighboring faces. Each face is composed of two larg...

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...

This “master of animals” finial depicts a stylized man with an (attacking?) animal on each side. The man has a bulb-shaped cap, open at the center for insertion of a pin, which is ...

This bronze "Master of Animals" finial is mounted on a bottle-shaped support and held in place by a metal rod attached to the top of the support. A poppy-headed dress pin was inser...

This finial is comprised of two rampant, confronted lions, joined at the forepaws and hindpaws around rings that would have once held the pin of the finial. The stylized lions have...

This bulbous finial support is rather plain. It is widest where the body connects to the cylindrical neck, and it tapers toward the open bottom, which is ringed by three raised ban...

This finial is comprised of two rampant, confronted ibexes, joined at the forelimbs and hindlimbs around rings that would have once held the pin of the finial. The ibexes are very ...