Works of Art (24)
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Astrolabe of 'Umar ibn Yusuf ibn 'Umar ibn 'Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari, Rasulid period (1228–1454), dated A.H. 690 / A.D. 1291, Yemen, brass, cast and hammered, pierced, chased, inlaid with silver (91.1.535a–h) |
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Astronomical Table Clock, second quarter of 16th century, German; Made in Augsburg, Case of gilt bronze and gilt brass; movement of gilt brass and steel (17.190.747) |
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Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540, Michael Ostendorfer (German); Written by Petrus Apianus (German), Hand-colored woodcuts (25.17) |
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Base of a ewer with Zodiac medallions, Seljuq period, first half of 13th century,
Iran,
Brass; engraved, inlaid with silver and copper (91.1.530) |
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Basin with Zodiac signs and royal titles, Mamluk period, late 13th–early 14th century,
Egypt or Syria,
Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound (91.1.553) |
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Bowl with astronomical and royal figures, Seljuq period, late 12th–early 13th century,
Central or northern Iran,
Stonepaste; polychrome in glaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina'i) (57.36.4) |
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Bowl with Zodiac signs, Seljuq period, 13th century,
Attributed to Iran, Kashan,
Stonepaste; overglaze luster-painted on opaque white glaze (27.13.9) |
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Celestial Globe with Clockwork, dated 1579, Movement by Gerhard Emmoser (Austrian), Made in Vienna, Austria, Case of silver, partly gilt, and gilt brass; movement of brass and steel (17.190.636) |
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Celestial Map of the Northern Sky, 1515, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (51.537.1) |
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Celestial Map of the Southern Sky, 1515, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (51.537.2) |
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Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854, William Langenheim (American); Frederick Langenheim (American), Daguerreotype (2005.100.614a–g) |
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Ewer, Seljuq period, ca. 1180–1210,
Iran, Khurasan,
Brass; raised, repoussé, inlaid with silver and black compound (44.15) |
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Flask with Zodiac medallions, Ilkhanid period (1206–1353), first half of 14th century,
Iran, Kashan,
Stonepaste; molded, monochrome glazed (57.164) |
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Footed bowl, Seljuq period, early 13th century,
Iran,
Bronze; inlaid with silver and black compound (91.1.543) |
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Inkwell with twelve Zodiac medallions, Seljuq period, late 12th–early 13th century,
Iran,
Brass, cast, inlaid with silver and copper (44.131) |
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Inkwell with Zodiac signs, Seljuq period, early 13th century,
Probably Iran,
Brass; cast, inlaid with silver, copper, and black compound (59.69.2a,b) |
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Inlaid tray, Mamluk period, late 13th–early 14th century,
Egypt,
Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound(91.1.604) |
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Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of al-Sufi, Timurid period, probably 15th century,
Iran,
Main support: ink and gold on paper; binding: leather (13.160.10) |
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Mortar made for Abu Bakr cAli Malikzad al-Tabrizi, Seljuq period, late 12th–early 13th century,
Iran,
Brass; cast, chased, engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound (91.1.527a,b) |
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Mu'is al ahrar fi daqa'iq al ashcar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi, Ilkhanid period, A.H. 741/A.D. 1340–41,
Iran, Isfahan,
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (19.68.1) |
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Planispheric astrolabe, Safavid period (1501–1722), A.H. dated 1065 / A.D. 1654–55; Signed by Muhammad Zaman al-Munajjim al-Asturlabi, Iran, Mashhad, Brass and steel, cast and hammered, pierced and engraved (63.166a-j) |
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Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers, Ming dynasty, Jingtai period, dated 1454,
China,
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk (L.1999.108) |
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Tray made for the Rasulid sultan al-Mu'ayyad Dawud ibn Yusuf, Rasulid period, early 14th century,
Egypt, Cairo,
Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver and black compound (91.1.605) |
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Triompho di Fortuna (Triumph of Fortune): Frontispiece (woodcut printed in black and red ink),
Author: Sigismondo Fanti,
Venice: Agostino Zani for Giacomo Giunta, 1526,
Printed book with woodcut illustrations (25.7) |
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