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Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.

Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.

Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.

Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.

Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.

Knights, detail from basin with scenes from the life of Jesus, saints, soldiers, and animals, brass inlaid with silver, northern Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th c., Freer & Sackler Galleries. Photo credit; Michael Pregill.