Earring

Date:: first half 11th century

Geography:: Attributed to Iran

Medium:: Gold

Dimensions:: H. 3.7cm

Classification:: Jewelry

Credit Line:: Purchase, Richard S. Perkins Gift, Rogers Fund, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, Norbert Schimmel, Jack A. Josephson, and Edward Ablat Gifts, 1979

Accession Number:: 1979.7.4

Not on view

[ Saeed Motamed, Frankfurt, until 1979; sold to MMA]

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 22, 1983–August 14, 1983, no. 20a.

Jenkins-Madina, Marilyn, and Manuel Keene. Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1983. no. 20a, p. 46, ill. (b/w).

Timelines
Iran, 1000–1400 A.D.

Islamic Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Department

Islamic Art (14,462)

Object Type / Material

Costume (43,160)

Ear ornaments (2,201)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1000–1400 (6,976)

Armlet

Date: first half 11th century Medium: Gold; filigree and granulation Accession: 57.88a–c On view in:Gallery 453

Earring, One of a Pair

Date: 11th–12th century Medium: Gold; filigree and granulation Accession: 2006.273a On view in:Gallery 453

Earring

Date: 11th–12th century Medium: Gold; filigree and granulation Accession: 2006.273b On view in:Gallery 453

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Artist: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020) Date: 1330s Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Accession: 33.70 On view in:Gallery 455

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Artist: Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s) Date: A.H. 741/A.D. 1340–41 Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Accession: 19.68.1 On view in:Gallery 453