The sphinx also has a zodiac and planetary implication as well; the "Sphinx Wheel" motif, which appears on the "Wade cup" from Seljuk Iran (kept at the Cleveland Museum of Art), shows the …

Abstract: This article concerns the misnaming of the Seljuk representations of five creatures with terms that have become norms of the academic literature today: “sphinx,” “harpy/siren/bird …

2018年10月1日 · Therefore, in this research, the Sphinx has been studied as widely used motif in two historical periods of Iran, the Achaemenid in ancient era and the Seljuk in Islamic era. …

Sphinx during the Seljuk period. In the Seljuk period, the Sphinx is mostly found on metal works and ceramics, often it is depicted as a creature with the wings, frontal face, slanted eyes, hair …

There are only 3 representations of elephants in Seljuk art, and this one is the most famous. The animal behind the elephant is hard to distinguish and may be a sphinx or a leopard. The …

2024年12月23日 · Anatolian Seljuk hexagonal tile ensemble with Sphinx, ca. 1160-1170, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA. Who Were the Anatolian Seljuks? The …

Achaemenid art and Seljuk art, the Sphinx in terms of structural features are different and in terms of concepts and functional role have many similarities. In the visual examination, it was also …

2022年3月24日 · Hexagonal tile ensemble with sphinx (c. 1160-1170 CE), taken from a fallen citadel-palace in Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. (Metropolitan Museum of …

The examples of the Great Seljuk ceramics that we identified in themes such as the monarch -throne, hunter-cavalry, forest-themed hunting scene, musicians and palace entertainments, in …

The First Description and Depiction of a Seljuk Mirror with “Sphinxes” in an English Publication: On the so-called Seljuk “Sphinx,” - with and without a Scorpion’s Tail - amongst the composite …