Conservators and conservation scientists made many exciting and interesting discoveries as they and the curators re-examined the Museum's collection of Islamic art prior to the reopening of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia in November 2011. This exhibition will trace their investigative journey with a range of works of art providing new perspectives for appreciating this extraordinary collection.
Bowl, 12th–13th century. Islamic, Seljuq period (1040–1196). Attributed to Rayy, Iran. Stonepaste; polychrome in-glaze and overglaze painted and gilded on an opaque white glaze (mina'i). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1913 (13.93.1). Upper left: natural light; Upper right: UV fluorescence illumination; Lower left: radiograph; Lower right: edited image with restorations removed
