This Wade cup, a bowl-shaped drinking vessel, created in Iran during the early 13th century, features a dramatic animated inscription around the rim where Arabic letters are formed by lively full-figure human beings, animals, and birds.
Made between 1300 and 1350 CE, this brass ewer from Iran’s Ilkhanid period bears silver-inlaid sphinxes and human-headed script.
An oil-on-canvas painting from 1906, portraying the Roman god of war, Mars, in a dramatic landscape with Germanic mythology and astrological symbols, blending romanticism and cosmic themes.