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Iran. 5th-6th c. Silver, with gilding.
Inv. Nr. I.5384
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Iran. 5th-6th c. Glass, with applied prints.
Inv. Nr. I.1/71
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Iran. 6th-7th c. Glass, cut and ground.
Inv. Nr. I.2/62
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Iran. 6th-7th c. Glass, cut and ground.
Inv. Nr. I. 69/62
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Iran. 6th-7th c. Silver
Inv. Nr. I.47/59
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Iran. 7th c. Silver with gilding.
Inv. Nr. I.4925
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Iran, 7th c. Silver, partially gilded.
Inv. Nr. I.87/63a-b
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Iran. 6th-7th c. Stucco.
Inv. Nr. I.6197.
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Iran, Chal Tarhan. 7th-8th c. Stucco.
Inv. Nr. 6642
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Iran. 7th-8th c. Silver with partial gilding.
Inv. Nr. I.4968
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 127
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Iran. 7th-8th c. Glass.
Inv. Nr. I.65/64
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Qusayr al-Amrah. Early 8th c. CE. Wall painting.
Inv. Nr. I.1264
Cf. discussion in Grabar, pp. 43ff.
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Israel, Khirbat al-Minya. Ca. 705-715 CE. Limestone. H.: 55 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.7577
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 18
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Iran. 8th c. Bronze, engraved; inlay now missing. H.: 34.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.5623
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 28; cf. Grabar, no. 100, p. 66.
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. CE. Carved stucco, bevelled style (style C). 1.30 x 2.25 m.
Inv. Nr. I.3467
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 24; cf. also Grabar, pp. 57-59; Hattstein, pp. 105-107.
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. CE. Carved stucco, style B. 1.17 x 2.61 m.
Inv. Nr. I.3477
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 22-23
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Iraq, Samarra, from the palace of Gausaq and from a private house. 9th c. CE.
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North China (found at Samarra, Iraq). 9th c. Glazed, insribed earthenware.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 839
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North China (found at Samarra in Iraq). 9th c.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 838
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North China (found at Samarra, Iraq). 9th c.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 784a
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. Imitation of Chinese stoneware.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 748
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. Imitation of Chinese stoneware.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 411, 411a
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. Painted and glazed earthenware.
Inv. Nr. Sam. 1103a
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Iraq, Samarra. 9th c. Earthenware with golden lustre painting. 8.5 x 26.7 cm.
Inv. Nr. Sam 1102
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 26; Hattstein, p. 120.
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Iran. 8th-9th c. Glass
Inv. Nr. I.18/62
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Iraq. 9th c. Inscribed with name Husain on base. Earthenware, lead glaze.
Inv. Nr. I.5531
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Iran, Nishapur. 9th-10th c. Earthenware, underglaze painting. 6 x 22 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.11/62
Pub.: Hattstein, p. 121
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Uzbekistan, Samarkand. 10th c. Earthenware, colored glaze, sgraffiato. Imitation of Tang Chinese ceramics.
Inv. Nr. I.4691
Cf. similar dish, Grabar, no. 185, p. 118
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Northeastern Iran. 10th c. Silver, partially gilded, beaten and punched. 35.8 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.4926
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 45; Grabar, p. 123; Hattstein, p. 123
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Egypt, Fustat/Old Cairo. 10th-11th c. Stone-paste ceramic, lustre painted. 8.5 x 27.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.35/64
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 34; Hattstein, p. 155
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Egypt. 11th c. Glass, lustre pianted.
Inv. Nr. I.1918
Pub.: Grabar, no. 334, p. 208
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Iran, Nishapur. 11th c. Earthenware. The bodies of the birds form a Kufic-script blessing, "Baruka." For a very similar example (in the Freer Gallery), click here.
Inv. Nr. 37/61
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Iran, Kashan. 11th c. Stonepaste ceramic, glazed. A copy of design of Tang Chinese ceramics.
Inv. Nr. I.32/63
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Egypt, Fustant/Old Cairo. 11th-12th c. Earthenware, lustre painted.
Inv. Nr. 38/64
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Iran. 11th-12th c. Earthenware. The decoration, with a scene from a fable and birds, imitates the design on metalware.
Inv. Nr. 2/55
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Southern Italy or Sicily. 11th-12th c. Elephant ivory. 39.5 x 22.8 x 17.3 cm.
Inv. Nr. K 3101
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 36-37; Hattstein, p. 163
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Southern Italy or Sicily. 11th-12th c. Elephant ivory. 50 x 11.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. K 3106
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 36-37; Hattstein, p. 163
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Sicily (?), 13th c. Ivory and wood, painted. 35.5 x 20 x 16.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. KFMV 60
Pub.: Islamic art, p. 38
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Iran, Rayy. Ca. 1200. Stonepaste ceramic, lustre painted.
Inv. Nr. I.1506
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Iran, Kashan; found in Budnurd (Khorasan). 595 AH/1198-1199 CE. One of the earliest dated pieces of Persian lustreware.
Inv. Nr. I.46/70
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Iran, Kashan or Rayy. Ca. 1200. Stonepaste ceramic with under- and overglaze painting (mina'i technique) with gold leaf. 12.6 cm. Illustration shows King Bahram Gur and the harp player Azade on a gazelle hunt.
Inv. Nr. I.5667
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 52
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Syria. Ca. 1200. Glass, painted with gold. 20.7 cm.
Inv. Nr. ANT 30219.211
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Iran, Kashan, main mosque on Maydan. 1226. Finished by al-Hasan bin Arabshah. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze and lustre painted. H.: 2.8 m.
Inv. I.5366
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 48; Grabar, no. 280, p. 179; Hattstein, p. 449
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Iran, 12th-13th c. Stucco, traces of painting.
Inv. Nrs. I.2659, I.2660
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Iran, Kashan. 1st half 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic with under- and overglaze painting (mina'i technique).
Inv. Nr. I.4350
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Iran. 1st half 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic; form modeled on that of metalware.
Inv. I.4/77
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Iran. 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic. 32 x 17 cm. Such objects were probably gifts for women and children.
Inv. Nr. 77/62
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 58
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Iran, Kashan; Imamzade Yahya in Varamin. 661 AH/1262-63 CE. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze and lustre painting.
Inv. Nr. I.3864
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Iran, Kashan. 2nd half of 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze and lustre painting.
Inv. Nr. I.6216
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Iran, Kashan or Rayy. 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic with under- and over-glaze; gold leaf (mina'i technique)
Inv. Nr. I.6218
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Iran, Kashan; from mihrab of a mosque in Natanz. Ca. 1307. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze and lustre painting. 39 x 69 cm. The large Kufic script reproduces the profession of faith; the small Nashi script Sura 76 of the Quran. Tiles with the continuation of the inscription are in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Lyon (France).
Inv. I.1277
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 102
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Iran. End of 13th c. Bronze inlaid with silver.
Inv. Nr. I.3580
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Anatolia. 1st half 13th c. Marble. 36 x 20 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.7168
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 68
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Turkey, Konya. Mid-13th c. Signed Abd al-Wahid ibn Sulaiman. Walnut. 107 x 50 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.584
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 60; Hattstein, p. 384.
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Turkey, Konya, Beyhekim Mosque. 3rd quarter of 13th c. Fayence mosaic. 3.95 x 2.8 m.
Inv. Nr. I. 7193
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 64-65
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Syria. Mid-13th c. Glass painted with enamel.
Inv. Nr. Gans 206
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Syria or Egypt. Ca. 1300. Glass, enamel and gold painting. 28 x 19 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.2573
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 83; Hattstein, p. 199
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Syria or Egypt. Glass, with enamel and gold painting.
Inv. Nr. I.2296 (Ca. 1300); and Inv. Nr. I.2572 (Beg. 14th c. Inscribed with Quranic verse 24:35 and the name of Sultan an Nasr Muhammad).
Pub. of I.2572: Islamic Art, p. 80; Hattstein, p. 199
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Spain, Granada, Tor de las Damas in Palacio del Partal in the Alhambra. Early 14th c. Cedar and poplar, carved and partly painted. 3.5 m. diameter.
Inv. Nr. I.5/78
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 94-95
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Iran, 14th c. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze. Copy of design on Chinese Blue and White ware.
Inv. Nr. 5380
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Iran, Afghanistan or Central Asia. 15th c. Stonepaste ceramic, unerglaze.
Inv. Nr. I.5688
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Spain, Manises (Valencia). 15th c. Earthenware. 22 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.1906.99
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 98
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South Russia (Ukraine?). 15th c. Gold with seed pearls.
Inv. Nr. I.890
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a. Iran. 861 AH/1456-1457 CE.; b. 910 AH/March 1505 CE. The older one is the work of Habib Allah ibn Ali Baharjani for one Iskandar ibn Muhammad Mirza; the younger one is signed Ala ad-Din and Shams ad-Din Muhammad al-Birgandi. Bronze. Habib Allah ibn Ali Baharjani also made the jug dated 1462 which is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. Nr. 943-1886). The form of these jugs follows that of Chinese ceramics.
Inv. Nrs. I.3606, I.6052
Pub. of I.3606: Islamic Art, p. 115
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Iran, Shiraz. Ca. 1560-1575 CE. The pages are open to the end of Sura 113 and beginning of Sura 114.
Inv. Nr. I.42/68
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India (Mughal), 17th c.
Inv. Nr. I.4589, fols. 38 and 37
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India (Mughal). Mid-18th c.
Inv. Nr. I.4595, fol. 10
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Turkey, mid-15th c. Wool, knotted. 172 x 90 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.4
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 164
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Iran. End of 16th c. Wool knotted with cotton chains. 4.27 x 2.25 m.
Inv. Nr. 7/56
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 169
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Pakistan, Lahore (Mughal Empire). Ca. 1610. Wool, knotted on cotton. 7.65 x 2.93 m.
Inv. Nr. I.6/74
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 176-177
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Iran, Kirman. 17th c. Stonepaste ceramic.
Inv. Nr. KGM 1898.185
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Iran. 17th c. Stonepaste ceramic, relief.
Inv. Nr. I.4198
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Syria, Aleppo. 1600-1603. The reception room for visitors to a private home of a Christian family. Wall paintings include Biblical and Middle Eastern secular motifs. This is the oldest such painted, wood-panel room of a private home which has been preserved.
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 188-195; Hattstein, p. 565