Works of Art (35)
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Album leaf, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (67.266.7.8r) |
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Bifolium from the Mashaf al-Hadina, 410 A.H. / 1019–20 A.D.,
Probably Qayrawan, Tunisia,
Ink, pigment, and gold on parchment (2007.191) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Samarqand (Uzbekistan) or Nishapur (Iran), Earthenware, red body, white engobe, underglaze-painted (65.106.2) |
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Bowl, 9th century; cAbbasid, Iraq, Earthenware, tin-glazed and stained (63.159.4) |
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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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Bowl, late 12th–early 13th century; Seljuq, Central or northern Iran, Mina'i ware, composite body, opaque white glaze with gilding, overglaze painting (57.36.4) |
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Calligraphy page, 1714; Safavid, Iran, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (62.152.14) |
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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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Footed bowl (tazza), mid-13th century, Syria, Yellowish colorless glass, molded, optic blown, applied (foot), enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; blue, red, white, green, yellow, and black enamels; and gold (91.1.1538) |
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Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, Illustrated detached folios, ca. 1430; Timurid, Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganj), Author; Maulana Azhar, Calligrapher, Iranian; Made in Afghanistan, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (13.228.13) |
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Hizb (Litany) of an-Nawawi, 1152 A.H./1730 A.D., Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1975.192.1) |
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Incipit Page to the Gospel of John, 1300–1310, From a gospel book attributed to the illuminator Sargis; scribe unknown, Armenian; Probably from Siwnik’, Noravank’, Vellum, pigments, and gold (38.171.2) |
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Jar, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and black on white slip, transparent glaze (91.1.130) |
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Leaf from a manuscript, 19th century; Qajar, Iran, Ink, watercolors, gold, and silver on paper (1997.293) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, 1307–1308; Ilkhanid, Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, Calligrapher, Muhammed ibn Aybak, Illuminator, Baghdad, Iraq, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (55.44) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, late 11th–12th century, Iran or Afghanistan, Ink, gold, and colors on paper (29.160.23) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, late 9th–10th century, Possibly Syria, Ink, gold, and colors on vellum (30.45) |
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Leaf from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides ("The Pharmacy"), dated 1224, Iraq, Baghdad School, Colors and gilt on paper (57.51.21) |
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Leaf of calligraphy, early 19th century, Signed: Muhammad Shafic known as Vesal, Iran, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1979.518.6) |
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Leaf of divani calligraphy, dated 1075 A.H./1644 A.D.; Ottoman, Signed by Khwaja, Turkey, Ink on paper (1986.216.1) |
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Marriage contract, 1874, Signed: Abu’l Qasim Farhang, Iran, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1979.518.5a-q) |
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Mashq calligraphy page, 19th century, Iran, Ink on parchment (62.152.12) |
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Mechti Kuli Beg, Persian Ambassador to Prague, 1605,
Aegidius Sadeler (Dutch),
Netherlandish,
Engraving (49.95.2202) |
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Mirror, 12th century, Iran, Cast bronze (42.136) |
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Mosque lamp, first quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Iznik), Composite body, opaque white glaze, underglaze painted (59.69.3) |
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Page from a Poetic Anthology of Works by Nizami and Others, dated 1411; Timurid, Calligraphy by Mahmud al-Husaini, Iran (Shiraz), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (13.228.19) |
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Page from an Album of Calligraphies of Prophetic Traditions (Hadith), ca. 1500; Ottoman, Signed by Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede, Turkey (Istanbul), Ink, colors, and gold on paper; marbled paper, leather binding (1982.120.3) |
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Page of calligraphy in ornamental style, 1868–69, Malik Muhammad Qazvini, Iran, Black ink on buff paper (1998.268) |
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Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3) |
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Qur'an, dated 1266 A.H. / A.D. 1848, Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1980.603) |
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Qur’an of Ibrahim Sultan, dated 1427; Timurid, Iran (Shiraz), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (13.228.1) |
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Rustam Caried by the Div Akvan: Folio 158 verso of the Shahnama (Book of Kings), mid-17th century; Safavid, Signed by Mucin Musavvir, Isfahan, Iran, Ink, colors, gold, and silver on paper (1974.290.43) |
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Shaikh al-Islam Discoursing to an Audience: Page from a dispersed Divan of Mahmud cAbd al-Baki, 1590–95; Ottoman, Iraq (Baghdad), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (25.83.9) |
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Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (58.90.1a–g) |
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Tiraz fragment from a shawl, 10th century, Yemen, Cotton, ink, gold leaf; plain weave with painted decoration (29.179.9) |
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Thematic Essays (13)
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