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druzhina
03-19-2015, 05:21
Here is my collection of 9th-10th century warriors depicted on ceramics from Nishapur in eastern Persia:
Bowls with figures from Nishapur, Kurasan, Iran, 9th-10th centuries, Saffarid-Samanid period (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowls.htm)
Bowl with a Drinker, 8th-9th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 40-170-14 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Metmuseum-40-170-14.htm)
Warrior wearing a pointed helmet and a studded shirt, east Persia or Transoxiana, 10th Century. Bonhams 168-16221 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Bonhams-168-16221.htm)
Bowl with a Man Holding a Sword and Shield, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Bonhams 63-18697 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Bonhams-63-18697.htm)
Bowl with a Man Holding a Sword and Shield, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran or Samarqand, Uzbekistan. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Metmuseum-40-170-23.htm)
Bowl with a Man Holding a Sword and Shield, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York 66-176 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Metmuseum-66-176.htm) is very similar to a mirror image of Bonhams 168-16221.
Bowl with warrior with sword, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale, Rome, Italy (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_Bowl-MNAO.htm)
Bowl with horseman with Leopard, 9th Century, Nishapur, Iran,. National Museum of Iran, Tehran (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur-Bowl-Tehran.htm)
Bowl with depiction of a cavalryman, birds and Kufic script, 9th-10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Berlin.htm)
Bowl with depiction of a cavalryman, 9th-10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Museum of Islamic Arts, Sharjah, UAE (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Sharjar-UAE.htm)
Bowl with horseman, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Victoria and Albert Museum C294-1987 (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-C294-1987.htm)
Bowl with horseman, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Denver Art Museum (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_Bowl-Denver-1967-93.htm)
Bowl with horseman, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. Furughi Collection, Tehran (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-Furughi.htm)
Bowl with depiction of a cavalryman, 10th Century. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_bowl-San_Francisco.htm)
Nishapur Plate with Cavalry & Infantry. Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale 'Giuseppe Tucci' (with leopards sitting on the horses) (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_plate.htm)
Bowl with depiction of an armoured musician, 10th Century, Nishapur, Iran. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Nishapur_plate-Nelson.htm)

There is also this bowl, which is similar to the 1st Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale bowl:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=15021&d=1426734789
Does anyone have any information on this or a larger image?

Does anyone have a coloured image of a foot soldier on a 9th-10th Century Persian Jug, Saffarid or Samanid Period (http://warfare.tk/6-10/Iranian_with_war-axe-Louvre.htm)

MIRROR SITE
Bowls with figures from Nishapur, Kurasan, Iran, 9th-10th centuries, Saffarid-Samanid period (http://warfare.ga/6-10/Nishapur_bowls.htm)

Druzhina
10th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/10C.htm)

druzhina
03-21-2015, 14:13
I have added a couple of extracts, from David Nicole's thesis, about Khurāsānian cavalry and infantry.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.gq/index.htm)