Works of Art (22)
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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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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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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, 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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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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Dado fragment, 9th–10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Stucco, painted (40.170.176) |
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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf, 2nd–3rd century; Parthian period, Hatra, northern Mesopotamia, Limestone (32.145a, b) |
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Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (1995.366) |
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Ewer, 11th century, Found at the Tepe Madraseh, Nishapur, Iran, Bronze, cast and engraved (38.40.240) |
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Figure of a bull, ca. mid- to late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (47.100.85) |
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Figure of a reclining woman, 2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Alabaster (gypsum) (86.16.3) |
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Fragmentary plate, 9th century, Western Asia, excavated at the Tepe Madraseh, Nishapur, Iran, Glass, blown, trailed, and scratch-engraved (40.170.131) |
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Gravestone with funerary banquet, 2nd–3rd century, Excavated at Palmyra, Syria, Limestone (02.29.1) |
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Head of a man, 3rd–4th century, Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum) (1982.317.1) |
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Incense burner, mid-1st millennium B.C., Southern Arabia, Bronze (49.71.2) |
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Panel, 10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed) (40.170.441) |
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Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gilded silver (1979.447) |
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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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Standing male figure, late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Alabaster (gypsum) (1982.317.3) |
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Standing man, 1st–2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gray stone (51.72.1) |
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Standing woman, 2nd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.; Parthian period, Possibly Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, Alabaster (86.16.1) |
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Votive plaque inscribed with Sabaean dedication, late 1st millennium B.C., Southwestern Arabia, Bronze (1993.169) |
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Thematic Essays (6)
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