Works of Art (71)
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Administrative tablet with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars, 3100–2900 B.C.; Jemdet Nasr period (Uruk III script), Mesopotamia, Clay (1988.433.1) |
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Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247) |
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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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Askos in the form of a deer, ca. 1725–1600 B.C.; Middle Cypriot III; White Painted V Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Idalion (Potamia), Terracotta (74.51.795) |
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Bowl with Fish, 1000s–1200s, Byzantine, Terracotta, white slip, and transparent glaze (2000.322) |
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Bowl with three fish, first half of 14th century, Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (59.60) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) or Nishapur (Iran), Earthenware, red body, white engobe, underglaze-painted (65.106.2) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Earthenware, slip-painted and glazed (65.270.1) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126) |
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Bowl, 10th–11th century,
Central Asia or Iran, probably Samarqand, Uzbekistan,
Underglaze-painted earthenware (2003.415)
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Bowl, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, 7th–6th millennium B.C., Halaf period, Syria, Tell Halaf, Ceramic (1983.407) |
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Bowl, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Earthenware, tin-glazed and stained (63.159.4) |
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Bowl, ca. 10th century, Probably Iran (Nishapur); Excavated in Nishapur, Iran, 1939, Earthenware, underglaze-painted in black and red over cream-colored slip (40.170.15) |
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Bowl, ca. 2500—1600 B.C.; Early or Middle Bronze Age, Cypriot, Red Polished Ware, Terracotta (74.51.1329) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Central or northern Iran, Mina'i ware, composite body, opaque white glaze with gilding, overglaze painting (57.36.4) |
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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53) |
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Bowl, late 13th–early 14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted and gilded (lajvardina) (34.151) |
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Bowl, second half of 15th century; Timurid, Northwestern Iran (17.120.70) |
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Ceramic bowl, 10th century, Iran or Transoxiana, Nishapur or Samarqand, Reddish body, white engobe, underglaze painted and incised, clear colorless glaze (40.170.25) |
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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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Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23) |
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Cult vessel in the form of a tower, 19th century B.C.; Old Babylonian period, Syria, Ceramic (68.155) |
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Cuneiform tablet case, 1920–1840 B.C.; Old Assyrian Trading Colony period, Central Anatolia, Kültepe (Karum Kanesh), Clay (66.245.5b) |
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Dish, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 136, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.2) |
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Dish, ca. 1525–30; Ottoman; Iznik, Attributed to Iznik, Turkey, Underglaze-painted composite body (14.40.727) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Dish, late 12th–early 13th century, Iran, Kashan, Composite body, glazed and luster-painted (1983.247) |
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Fragment of a Bowl with a Horse and Rider, early 1200s, Byzantine; Made possibly in Antioch, Terracotta with green glaze over slip, decorated in sgraffito (1984.181) |
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Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) |
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Frieze tile, A.H. [Shawwa] 707/March–April 1308 A.D., Iran (Kashan); Made for the tomb complex of cAbd al-Samad in Natanz, Iran, Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (12.44) |
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Head of a male, 2000–1600 B.C.; Old Babylonian period, Probably Isin, southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (1972.96) |
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Head of a ram, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period
Mesopotamia, Ceramic, paint (1981.53) |
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Jar with cover, first half of 18th century, Iran, Ceramic, glazed (30.95.160ab) |
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Jar with molded decoration, A.H. 681/1282–83 A.D., Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (56.185.3) |
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Jar, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and black on white slip, transparent glaze (91.1.130) |
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Jar, mid-6th millennium B.C.; Hacilar I type, South central Anatolia, Ceramic with paint (64.286.5) |
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Jug with an oversized spout, mid-6th century B.C.,
Lydian; Excavated at Sardis,
Terracotta (14.30.9) |
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Jug, ca. 1600—1450 B.C.; Late Cypriot I, Cypriot, Base Ring I Ware, Terracotta (74.51.1084) |
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Jug, ca. 750–600 B.C.; Cypro-Archaic I,
Cypriot,
Terracotta (74.51.532) |
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Lantern, late 12th–first half of 13th century, yria (Raqqa), Underglaze-painted composite ceramic body and overglaze luster-painted (91.1.138) |
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Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) |
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Luster bottle, second half of 17th century, Iran, Earthenware, glazed (30.95.158) |
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Molded plaque with a king or god carrying a mace, 2000–1700 B.C.; Isin-Larsa-Old Babylonian period, Southern Mesopotamia, Ceramic (32.39.2) |
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Mosque lamp, first quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Iznik), Composite body, opaque white glaze, underglaze painted (59.69.3) |
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Mosque lamp, late 16th century, Turkey; Iznik, Composite body, painted and glazed (14.40.731) |
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Nude female with birdlike face holding an infant, ca. 1450–1200 B.C.; Late Cypriot II; Base-Ring Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Nicosia–Ayia Paraskevi, Terracotta (74.51.1542) |
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Nude goddess figurine, [late 8th–7th century B.C.?], Excavated at Tell el-Duweir (ancient Lachish), southern Levant, Ceramic (34.126.53) |
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Open bowl, 1st century A.D., Nabataean; Jordan, Ceramic (1977.234.12) |
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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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Plate, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 142, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.4) |
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Pyxis, second half of 11th century, Syria, Composite body; luster-painted (1998.298ab) |
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Shallow bowl, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 134, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.3) |
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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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Spouted jar and stand, 9th century B.C.; Iron Age II, Excavated at Hasanlu cemetery, northwestern Iran, Ceramic (60.20.15) |
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Storage jar (albarello), late 13th–14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted (lajvardina) (57.61.12a,b) |
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Storage jar decorated with mountain goats, early 4th millennium B.C.; Chalcolithic period, Sialk III 7 type, Central Iran, Ceramic, paint (59.52) |
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Terracotta standing male figurine holding a quadruped, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1613); Terracotta standing warrior (?), ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1614); Terracotta standing warrior with a shield, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1655); Terracotta standing male figurine playing a double flute, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1691); Terracotta standing male figurine, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1692) |
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Tile assemblage, first half of 13th century; Seljuq, Anatolia, Composite body, overglaze-painted (1976.245) |
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Tile from a mihrab, A.H. 722/1322–23 A.D., Iran, Fritware, underglaze painted (1983.345) |
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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 panel, 17th century, Syria, Six ceramic tiles, composite body, painted and glazed (22.185.13) |
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Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (58.90.1a–g) |
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Tile panel, early 14th century (probably 1310), Hasan ibn cAli ibn Ahmad Babavaih
Iran (Kashan), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (09.87) |
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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, ca. 1270–1280; Ilkhanid, Kashan, Iran, Composite body, molded and overglaze luster-painted (12.49.4) |
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Tile, first half of 15th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (x.228.1) |
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Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7) |
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Vessel fragment with geometric design, 7th–6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion
Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.6)
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Vessel fragment with rosette, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, FS 1314, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.6) |
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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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