For a stunning exhibition of art from the Ilkhanid courts, see Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni, eds. The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1351 (NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002). A lovely Internet exhibit of some of this material is linked to the websites of both the Metropolitan Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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	Container in shape of a mausoleum. Iran, Fars. First half of 14th c. CE. Beaten copper alloy, engraved decoration, inlaid with silver, gold and niello. H.: 24.2, Dia. (base): 26.9 cm.A similar example, preserved in better condition, is in the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Inv. no.: OA 3355. Website (with several detailed photos)
	Dish. Iran, end of 13th-beg. of 14th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. Inv. no. MAO 831. Website
	Pitcher with head of rooster. Iran, 13th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration under transparaent colored glaze. Influence of Chinese designs; forms popular in Seljuk period in Iran and Ayyubid in Syria. Inv. no.: MAO 248.
	Pitcher with head of rooster. Iran, Sultanabad (?). First half of 14th c. CE. Fritware, slip and underglaze painted decoration over slip. Form common earlier in Seljuk period; attests to influences from China. Inv. OA 8207. Website
	Dish with aimage of a crane. Iran, Sultanabad (?). 14th c. CE. Fritware, slip and underglaze paint over slip. A Chinese motif. Inv. no.: MAO 381. Website. Cf. Freer Gallery, Inv. no.: F1947.9.
	Dish with phoenixes. Iran, Sultanabad (?). 2nd half of 14th c. CE. Fritware, slip and underlaze paint over slip. H.: 21; Dia.: 25.4 cm. Mongol-period interpretation of Chinese subject matter. Inv. no. OA 8177. Website. Cf.: LACMA Inv. no.: M.73.5.215.
	Pot with feline-shaped handles. Iran. 13th-14th c. CE. Fritware, underglaze painted. Form imitates Seljuk period metalwork. Inv. no.: OA 6172. Website
	Dish, with décor of a cupola. Iran, beg. of 14th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze low-fired technique with gilding, developed earlier by Seljuk ceramicists. Inv. no. MAO 450. Website
	Dish with fish pond decoration. Iran, beg. of 14th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze low-fired technique with gilding, developed earlier by Seljuk ceramicists. The fish-pond motif found in Iranian and Syrian-Egyptian metalwork. Inv. OA 6430. Website
	Plate with fish-pond decoration. Iran, end of 13th-beg. of 14th c. Fritware, low-fired, gilded decoration over translucent colored glaze. Note: museum website photo shows blue color and describes it as having blue ground, although I remember it as the brilliant green shown here (cf. OA 6430, which is the lapis lazuli blue spoken of in the website description). Inv. no.: OA 6456. Website
	Tile with camel. Iran, 13th c. CE. Earthenware, moulded decoration under colored translucent glaze.
	Tiles. Iran, Kashan. 2nd half of 13th c. CE. Fritware, overglaze lustre painted. probably from tomb of Imamzada Yahya at Varamin S. of Tehran (660-662 AH/1261-1263 CE), One tile has date 5 June-3 July 1258. Inscription: Quran CXII. Inv. no.: 4079, one of several pieces, not all on display. Website. Cf. Berlin MIK I.3864 and LACMA Inv. no.: M.2002.1.76.
	Details of panel made of individual tiles. Iran, Kashan, 1267 CE/665 AH. Fritware, overglaze lustre with color splashes. The panel if from the tomb of imamazade Djafar at Damghan. Inv. no.: OA 6319. Website (photo shows whole panel)
	Lower part of funerary stele with image of lamp. Iran, Kashan. 1289 CE/688 AH. Fritware, moulded decoration, overglaze lustre painted with color splashes.Inscription includes Quran sura XCVII: 3-5. Inv. no.: OA 3342. Website (no photo yet)
	Upper half of panel from a funerary stele with image of two niches. Iran, Kashan. 13th-14th c. CE. Fritware, moulded decoration, overglaze lustre painted with color splashes. Inscription: Quran XL: 16=17; XLI: 30. Inv. nos.: OA 3343, 3344. Website (no photo yet)