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Fragment of a Kaftan Back

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.15

The 'Simonetti' Carpet

Date: ca. 1500
Accession Number: 1970.105

Princely Figure with Jewelled Crown

Date: mid-11th–mid-12th century
Accession Number: 67.119

'Lotto' Carpet

Date: late 16th century
Accession Number: 1978.24

Dragon-handled Jug with Inscription

Date: late 15th– first quarter 16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.607

Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque

Date: dated A.H. 905/ A.D. 1500
Accession Number: 1981.320

Ewer

Date: ca. 1180–1210
Accession Number: 44.15

Bowl with Arabic Inscription

Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 65.106.2

'Lotto' Carpet

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 08.167.1

Ewer with a Feline-shaped Handle

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 47.100.90

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: ca. 1180
Accession Number: 29.160.23

'Saz'-style Drawing of a Dragon amid Foliage

Shah Quli (active 1520–66)

Date: ca. 1540–50
Accession Number: 57.51.26

Floral Tent Panel

Date: ca. 1635
Accession Number: 1981.321

Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Date: second half 13th century
Accession Number: 91.1.540

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 57.51.21

Animal-Spouted Pitcher

Date: 9th–10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.247

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.22

Carpet with Triple-arch Design

Date: ca. 1575–90
Accession Number: 22.100.51

The House of Bijapur

Painting by Kamal Muhammad (active 1680s)

Date: ca. 1680
Accession Number: 1982.213

Fragment

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.22

Enameled and Gilded Bottle

Date: late 13th century
Accession Number: 41.150

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active ca. 1590–1610)

Date: ca. 1600
Accession Number: 63.210.11

Lantern for a Lamp

Date: 9th–10th century
Accession Number: 39.40.87

Carpet

Date: early 16th century
Accession Number: 22.100.52

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.26

"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.2

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Date: late 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 2004.87

Textile Fragment

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 29.22

Armlet

Date: first half 11th century
Accession Number: 57.88a–c

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 1984.221