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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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Egypt, 10-11 c. CE. Glass with incised decoration.
Inv. Nr. I.580
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Egypt, 10-11 c. CE. Earthenware.
Inv. Nr. I.1930
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Egypt, 11 c. CE. Glass with cut decoration.
Inv. Nr. I.4035
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Egypt, 11th-12th c. CE.
Inv. Nr. I.6375
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Iran, Nishapur. 11th c. Earthenware. The bodies of the birds form a Kufic-script blessing, "Baruka."
Inv. Nr. 37/61
For a similar example (in the Freer Gallery), click here.
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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. 12th-beg. 13th c. CE. Stonepaste ceramic, overglaze painting and gold leaf. H: 29; Dia.: 19.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.6210
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 104-105.
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Iran, 13th c. Stonepaste ceramic, underglaze painting. H: 25.5; Dia. 15.5 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.49/65
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 103-104
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Iran. Ca. 1200. Painted stucco. H: 60 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.2658
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 55-56; Hattstein, p. 352.
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Iran, 12th-13th c. Stucco, traces of painting.
Inv. Nrs. I.2659, I.2660
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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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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, Kashan. 13th c. CE. Min'ai ware.
Inv. Nr. I.7018
Pub.: Hattstein, p. 353
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Iran, Kashan. Ca. 1200 CE. Min'ai ware.
Inv. Nr. I.2248
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Iran. 12th-13th c. CE. Glass.
Inv. Nr. I.6165
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Syria. Ca. 1200. Glass, painted with gold. 20.7 cm.
Inv. Nr. ANT 30219.211
Pub.: Islamic Art, pp. 71-72.
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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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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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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 (beg. of 14th c. CE); and (on right, with details) Inv. Nr. I.2572 (ca. 1300) Inscribed with Quranic sura 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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Syria (Damascus). 1st half 14th c. CE.
Inv. Nr. I.3989
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Syria (Damascus). 1st half 14th c. CE.
Inv. Nr. I.3978
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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, underglaze.
Inv. Nr. I.5688
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Iran. 14th c. CE.
Inv. Nr. I.7435
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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. 93-96
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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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Turkey, mid-15th c. Wool, knotted. 172 x 90 cm.
Inv. Nr. I.4
Pub.: Islamic Art, p. 164
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Egypt (Cairo). Beg. of 16th c. CE. Wool.
Inv. Nr. KGM 1888.30
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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, 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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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