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Riding Across Central Asia: Images Of The Mongolian Horse In Islamic Art

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"Grooms and Horses" (detail), Yuan Period, dated 1296 and 1359 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), Zhao Yong (1289–after 1360), and Zhao Lin (act. second half of the 14th century)
Handscroll in three sections; ink and color on paper
China
Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988 (1988.135)


"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Leaf from the Great Mongol Shahnama, ca. 1325–35
Iran (probably Tabriz)
Ink, gold, and colors on paper
Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1933 (33.70)


Tympanum, Golden Horde period, late 14th–early 15th century
Daghestan region, Caucasus (probably Kubachi)
Carved stone with traces of paint
Rogers Fund, 1938 (38.96)


Bowl, Seljuq period, late 12th–early 13th century
Iran
Overglaze-painted and gilded composite body
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951 (51.53)





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