Works of Art (27)
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Architectural tile fragment, 6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta with red and black painted decoration (26.164.1) |
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Bronze waterspout in the form of a lion mask, ca. 100 B.C.–100 A.D.; late Hellenistic or early Roman; Greco-Roman style, Greco-Roman; From Cyprus, Bronze (74.51.5677) |
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Capital, 9th century; cAbbasid, Syria, Carved alabaster (36.68.1) |
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Ceiling tile with geometric and floral designs, 6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion, Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.5) |
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Cone mosaic, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period, Excavated at the "Columned Hall," Uruk, Mesopotamia, Clay, mud plaster (L.1995.48.2) |
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Dado fragment, 9th–10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Stucco, painted (40.170.176) |
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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b) |
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Door, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Iran or Central Asia, Wood with traces of pigment (23.67.7) |
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Human-headed winged lion (lamassu), 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.2) |
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Inscribed slab, first half of 8th century, Syria, Limestone (66.81) |
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Nur al-Din Room, dated 1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D.; Ottoman, Attributed to Damascus, Syria, Wood, marble, stucco, glass, mother-of-pearl, ceramics, tile, stone, iron, colors, gold (1970.170) |
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Pair of doors, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Carved wood (31.119.1,.2) |
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Panel, 10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed) (40.170.441) |
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Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3) |
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Panel: striding lion, 604–562 B.C.; Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, Excavated at Wall of Processional Way, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Glazed brick (31.13.2) |
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Reconstruction of the hall of a building excavated in Nishapur, called Sabz Pushan, 10th century
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Relief: king and eunuch attendant, 883–859 B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (32.143.4) |
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Relief: two servants bearing food and drink, 358–338 B.C.; Achaemenid period, reign of Artaxerxes III, Excavated at Persepolis, southwestern Iran, Limestone (34.158) |
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Spout in the shape of a man's head, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Glazed ceramic (56.56) |
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Tent door hanging (ensi), early 19th century, Turkoman/Saryk, Central Asia, Wool, cotton (22.100.42) |
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Tile from a squinch, second half of 14th century; Timurid, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Earthenware, glazed (20.120.189) |
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Tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware (1998.246) |
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Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) |
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Tympanum, late 14th–early 15th century; Golden Horde, Daghestan region, Caucasus (probably Kubachi), Carved stone with traces of paint (38.96) |
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Votive panels, Kushan dynasty, ca. 3rd century A.D., Bactria (northern Afghanistan), Terracotta and gouache (2000.42.2,4) |
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Wall panel, first quarter of 17th century; Safavid, Probably from a garden pavilion in Isfahan, Iran Composite body, 28 square tiles, painted and glazed in cuerda seca technique over white slip, set on plaster (03.9a-c) |
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Window, 17th century, Egypt or Syria, Stained glass (93.26.3,4) |
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Thematic Essays (9)
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