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Early Middle Eastern Kilim fragment depicting Seljuk anthropomorphic human-birds (Umay Ana or Hüma Kuşu) , Islamic Museum collection, Cairo, Egypt
Seljuk tiles with a harpy / Umay Kuşu figure. AD 1236. Kubadabad Palace , Konya Karatay Madrasah Museum (Konya Karatay Medresesi) |
Bowl with harpies and seated figures, Mina'i ware, Central Iran, Seljuk period, late 12th or early 13th century AD, earthenware with polychrome enamels over a white glaze and colors - Cincinnati Art Museum
Bowl depicting two harpies, winged spirits, from the Seljuq dynasty that ruled Persia, Mesopotamia and parts of Anatolia in the 11th and 12th century CE. The bowl dates back to late 12th - early 13th century CE. With Persian poetry verses on the exterior: "Beware, O friend, things have gotten out of hand. In knowing our days have been lost. I had silver and gold, patience and sobriety. In the grief infected by you, all for have been lost." Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Harvard University
Fragment of a painting on paper. “A Harpy” Egypt; 11th-12th century David Collection, Denmark Inv. no. 50/1977
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