The bowl depicting the 'female cavalry'

The bowl depicting the 'female cavalry'

The bowl depicting a female knight "is an Iranian artwork from the 12th to 13th centuries, currently housed in the Minneapolis Museum of Art in the United States. This artwork is a bowl depicting a lady riding a horse. Mina'i ware is a type of pottery from the Seljuk period in Iran (1038-1194). This period may be the most creative era in Persian pottery production. In addition to gold-plated vessels, minai vessels, and monochrome blue glaze, underglaze painted pottery was also produced. These bowls represent a popular variation of black design painted under transparent turquoise colored glaze.