Probably Mesopotamia (Iraq). 9th c. CE. Earthenware with white slip and stained lead-glaze. H.: 7.1 cm.; Dia. 20.9 cm.
C.12-1947.
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Eastern Iran, probably Nishapur. 9th-10th c. CE. Lead-glazed earthenware painted in slip under clear green glaze.
C.199-1956
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Iran, Nishapur. 9th-10th c. CE. Earthenware, underglaze painted in slip and pigment ("buff-ware").
C.294-1987
Egypt. Fatimid period, 1000-1050 CE. Rock crystal. H.: 19.5 cm.
Related to a similar one from the time of Khalif al Aziz (995-996), now in the Treasury of San Marco, Venice.
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Hispano-Arabic (Cordoba). Early 11th c. CE. Ivory with 17th-18th c. silver mounts. 26.8 x 26.2 x 16.2 cm.
10-1866.
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Egypt. 11th-12th c. CE. Earthenware painted in lustre on green glaze.
Egypt. Fatimid period, 11th-12th c. CE, found at el-Fustat. Yellow earthenware, green glaze, sgrafiato decoration. H.: 13.5 cm., Dia. 10.7 cm. (mouth).
1777.1897.
Iran. Ca. 1180 to 1200 CE. Fritware with carved decoration and blue glaze. Copies Chinese shape and lobed rim, but form of scrolling and blue glaze Islamic. Originally had been mistakenly identified by the Museum as an example of "Chinese stoneware."
C.68-1931.
Egypt. 1100-1200 CE. Linen, with woven bands of silk on linen warp.
245-1890.
Egypt. 1100-1300 CE. Linen, woven with silk. 23.2 x 12.8 cm.
310-1891.
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Egypt or Syria. Ca. 1250 CE. Glass, enameled and gilded. H.: 21.2 cm.; max. W. 13 cm.
330-1900.
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Iran, probably Kashan. Late 12th or early 13th c. CE. White earthenware with painted overglaze colours and gilding. H.: 9 cm.; Dia. 20.7 cm.
C.85-1918.
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Iran, probably Kashan. Late 12th-early 13th c. CE. Fritware, painted on white glaze with in-glaze colours and overglaze enamel and gilding. Dia. 17.8 cm.
C.52-1952.
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Iran, Rayy. Late 12th or early 13th c. CE. White earthenware painted in lustre.
154-1907
Iran, Kashan. ca. 1220 CE. Fritware with lustre over and colors in glaze. Dia.: 22.6 cm.
Signed by Muhammad Nishapuri in Kashan.
C.162-1977. Collection website includes this bowl in a group picture of Kashan lustreware donated by C. N. Ades.
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Iran, Kashan (?). Ca. 1200 CE. Fritware painted under glaze. H.: 12.6 cm.; Dia.: 29.7 cm.
C.125-1931.
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Iran, probably Kashan. 1208 CE. Fritware with lustre over glaze. Dia.: 35.2 cm.
C.51-1952.
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Iran, Kashan. 1180-1220 CE. Fritware with color in and lustre over glaze.
Ades Family Collection. For an image of this bottle with several other objects donated by the Ades family, click here
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Iran, Kashan. Early 13th c. CE. Earthenware with painted underglaze.
C.463-1928
Iran, Kashan; found at Jurjan. Early 13th c. CE. White earthenware painted in black and blue under turquoise glaze. H.: 29.1 cm.; W.: 16.1 cm.
C.170-1977.
For other examples, see Louvre MAO 442 and Freer Gallery F 1949.19.
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Iran, found at Jurjan. Early 13th c. White earthenware with pierced decoration.
C.155-1977
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Western Iran. 1220-1240 CE. Hammered brass with engraved decoration, silver and black composition inlay. H.: 23.8 cm.; Dia. (max. base): 28.5 cm.
333-1892.
Egypt. 1238-1240 CE. Brass damascened with silver. Cover inscription has name of El-Adil Abu-Bekr II, Sultan of Egypt 1238-1240; bottom inscription indicates it was made for the royal pantry of El-Adil. Decoration includes sun, six planets and signs of the Zodiac.
8508-1863
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Iran, Takht-i Sulaiman. Ca. 1275 CE. Moulded fritware with color in and lustre over glaze. 31.4 x 32.3 x 5.3 cm.
1841-1876. Learn more.
Iran, Takht-i Sulaiman. Ca. 1275 CE. Moulded fritware with color in and lustre over glaze.
541-1900.
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Iran. 1275-1325 CE. Moulded fritware with color in and lustre over glaze. Dia. 20.5 cm.
1025-1892. Learn more.
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Iran, Varamin (near Tehran) 1262 CE. Fritware with lustre over glaze.
487, 489, 1837+A, CE, F, 1839+C, E=1876, 1077, 1099+A, 1100+A=1892
Cf. Louvre MAO 4079, the example there probably from the tomb of Imamzada Yahya at Varamin. Other analogous examples are in Berlin and Los Angeles.
Iran, Kashan. 1260-1285 CE. Fritware with lustre. H.: 9.9; Dia.: 21.6 cm.
C.1955-1910.
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Iran, probably Kashan. 1260-1350 CE. Fritware painted under glaze. H.: 9.1; Dia. 20.8 cm.
C 10-1960.
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Iran. 14th c. CE. Brass, damascened with silver and gold.
M.710-1910
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Iran, perhaps Nishapur or Tabriz. Ca. 1450-1550. Fritware with moulded decoration and opaque green glaze. Dia.: 34.7 cm.
Imitates 14th-century Chinese celadon of Longquan type. Celadons were valued in the Middle East due to the belief that they changed color if there was poison in the food.
C.10-1947. Learn more.
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China, 1403-1424. Jingdezhen porcelain. Dia.: 38.4 cm.
An example of the blue and white ware being imitated by Islamic ceramicists. Donated by Safavid Shah Abbas I to shrine of Sahykh Safi al-Din at Ardabil in 1611. This family shrine of the Safavid dynasty housed one of the most significant collections anywhere of Chinese blue and white ware.
1712-1876. Learn
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Iran. Ca. 1400-1500. Fritware with underglaze painted decoration. Copies late 14th c. Chinese porcelain in shape and design on the inside, but no attempt to copy Chinese design on outside.
C.50-1985
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Uzbekistan, probably Samarkand. Ca. 1400-1450. Fritware with underglaze painted decoration. Dia.: 38.5 cm.
Motifs copy mix of designs on late 14th and early 15th c. Chinese Blue and White porcelain.
C.206-1984.
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Syria. Ca. 1400-1450. Fritware, underglaze painted decoration. Chinese chrysanthemum design, but Islamization by elongation of neck. Quality of painting rougher than that on the Chinese models which were imitated.
C.14-1918
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Iran, probably Nishapur. 1450-1500 CE. Fritware, painted in black under turquoise glaze. Dia.: 36.8 cm.
910-1903. Learn more.
Cf. an analogous dish in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, B60P1799.
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Iran, probably Kashan (or Sultanabad?). 1260-1350 CE. Fritware, painted with slip and color under glaze. The bird motif shows Chinese influence.
C.723-1909
Learn more. Cf. Louvre OA 8177
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Khorasan, Herat. 866 AH/1461-1462 CE. Cast brass with silver inlay. The inscription tells us that the metalworker was Habib Allah ibn Ali Baharjani (from the eastern province of Quhistan) and includes verses by the 14th c. poet Hafiz. The craftsman also signed a jug of similar shape (but handle-less) in 861 AH, which is now in the Museum for Islamic Art, Berlin (Inv. Nr. I.3606). The example here is the earliest of a series of similar jugs with handles.
943:1 to 3-1886
Learn more, with an excellent image.
For a comparison of this jug with a Chinese porcelain one having the same shape, click here.
For the Berlin jug, click here.
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Iran. Ca. 1500-1550. Brass, cast and engraved and filled with black composition. Handle is missing. H.: 15 cm.; Dia.: 15.5 cm.
Signed Qutb al-Din Muhammad, son of Abdallah.
241-1896. Learn more.
Iran or Afghanistan. 1475-1500. Brass, engraved, tinned and filled with black composition. Dia.: 13.5 cm.; H.: 10.6 cm.
Inscription wishes the owner happiness and "a life that lasts so long as the turtle dove coos." Text gives titles of a Sultan Jalal.
433-1876.
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Iran or Afghanistan. Sept. 1496-Aug. 1497 CE. Copper, engraved, tinned and filled with black composition. Dia.: 18.9 cm.
Inscription: 3 couplets by famous poets wishing the owner happiness.
374-1897. Learn more.
Spain, Malaga. 1425-1450 CE. Probably made for export trade. Earthenware under opaque white glaze with color in and lustre over glaze. Dia.: 51.2 cm.; H.: 20.1 cm.
486-1864.
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Egypt, probably Cairo. 1468-1496 CE. Cedar with ivory and wood inlay, traces of paint and gilding.
1050-1868.
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Uzbekistan, outside of Bukhara. Buyanyuli Khan was a descendant of Chingis Khan and puppet ruler; he was killed in 1358. Carved earthenware under colored glaze.
567-1900, 586-1899, 2043-1899, 574 to B-1900.
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Uzbekistan, perhaps Bukhara. January 1536 CE. From mausoleum of Buyanquli Khan. Carved limestone. 32 x 185 x 34.5 cm.
973-1901. Learn more.
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Iran, perhaps Tabriz. Ca. 1550-1600. Fritware with underglaze painted decoration. Dia.: 16.3 cm.; H.: 7.3 cm.
High quality copy of an imported Chinese bowl faithful to the original but for fronds of leaves attached to some of the lotus sprays on the exterior.
C.232-1985. Learn more with images that better reproduce the cobalt blue of the design.
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Northern Iran, Kubatchi (Dagestan). 2nd half 15th c. CE. White earthenware painted in blue.
559-1905
For another "Kubatchi ware" plate with analogous "honeycomb" design, see the Louvre MAO 710. The model for this motif is Chinese porcelain; cf. a cup in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Northern Iran; Kubatchi (Dagestan). 16th c. CE. White earthenware painted in underglaze blue. Dia.: 39.5 cm.
562-1905.
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Iran, probably Isfahan. 1600-1700 CE. Fritware with cuerda seca decoration.
139:1-1891
A V & A web page allows one to explore the panel and view some of the objects depicted on it. A similar panel is in the Louvre OA 3340.
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Iran, probably Isfahan. 1602 CE. Brass, engraved and filled with red and black. H.: 32 cm.; Dia.: 19.cm. This is the earliest dated example of a ewer of this kind.
Owner was a certain Qasim, possibly Qasim Beg Arbdarbashi, who was in charge of serving the royal drinks in this period.
458-1876. Learn more.
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Iran. 17th c. CE. Fritware painted under glaze. H.: 22.4; max. W.: 19.5 cm. The colors are a more intense blue than in my photos.
618-1889. Learn more.
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Iran. 1630-1650 CE. Copper cast, engraved, tinned and filled with black composition. H.: 12.8; Dia.: 30.1 cm.
Inscription has Shi'ia prayer for the Prophet, Fatimah, 'Ali, and the 12 Imams.
M 34-1912. Learn more.
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Iran. Commissioned for the family shrine of Shaykh Safi al-Din at Ardabil. 946 AH/1539-40 CE. Made under the supervision of Maqsud Kashani. White silk warp and weft; pile is 10-color wool. 4914 knots/10 cm. (304 knots/in.). 1044 x 529.5 cm. (measurements across middle)
272-1893.
For several interesting pages with a discussion of the carpet's history, click here.
Turkey, probably Iznik, ca. 1510. Fritware with polychrome underglaze. H.: 23.3; Dia.: 43.2 cm.
The form follows a metal prototype, but the color scheme (not the designs) imitates Chinese Blue and White ware.
C.1981-1910.
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Turkey, probably Iznik. Ca. 1510. Fritware with underglaze decoration. Dia.: 44.5 cm.
986-1884.
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Northern Iran. "Kubatchi ware." Ca. 1550. White earthenware painted in underglaze colours over a white slip.
C.11-1952
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Turkey, Istanbul, made at the Tekfur Saray, 1731. Fritware with painting under glaze; carved marble. H.: 365 cm; W.: 235 cm.
From the palace of Fuad Pasha which burned in 1857. Inscription gives the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, thought to bring blessings on the house where inscribed.
703-1891. Learn more.