Works of Art (39)
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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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Architectural tile fragment, 6th century B.C., Lydian; Excavated at Sardis, Terracotta with red and black painted decoration (26.164.1) |
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Askos in the form of a deer, ca. 1725–1600 B.C.; Middle Cypriot III; White Painted V Ware, Cypriot; Said to be from Idalion (Potamia), Terracotta (74.51.795) |
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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, 10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Earthenware, slip-painted and glazed (65.270.1) |
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Bowl, 10th century, Iraq, Composite body, luster-painted (1977.126) |
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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, 15th century; Timurid
Iran or Central Asia, Earthenware, underglaze-painted (32.33) |
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Bowl, 7th–6th millennium B.C., Halaf period, Syria, Tell Halaf, Ceramic (1983.407) |
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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, Iran, Composite body, overglaze-painted and gilded (51.53) |
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Chariot krater, ca. 1400—1370 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Helladic (Mycenaean), Terracotta (74.51.964) |
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Container in the shape of a horse and rider, 12th–13th century, Iran, Composite body, underglaze-painted (66.23) |
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Dish, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 136, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.2) |
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Dish, ca. 1525–30; Ottoman; Iznik, Attributed to Iznik, Turkey, Underglaze-painted composite body (14.40.727) |
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Dish, last quarter of 16th century; Ottoman, Iznik, Turkey, Composite body, painted and glazed (1979.412) |
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Dish, late 12th–early 13th century, Iran, Kashan, Composite body, glazed and luster-painted (1983.247) |
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Dish, second half of 12th century, Syria, Composite body, carved in relief, incised, and painted under a clear glaze (1979.210) |
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Head of a ram, 3300–3100 B.C.; Late Uruk period
Mesopotamia, Ceramic, paint (1981.53) |
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Jar with molded decoration, A.H. 681/1282–83 A.D., Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (56.185.3) |
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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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Jar, mid-6th millennium B.C.; Hacilar I type, South central Anatolia, Ceramic with paint (64.286.5) |
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Jug with an oversized spout, mid-6th century B.C.,
Lydian; Excavated at Sardis,
Terracotta (14.30.9) |
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Jug, ca. 750–600 B.C.; Cypro-Archaic I,
Cypriot,
Terracotta (74.51.532) |
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Krater with a lid surmounted by a small hydria, mid-8th century B.C.; Geometric,
Greek, Euboean or Cycladic; Found at Kourion, Cyprus,
Terracotta (74.51.965) |
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Lantern, late 12th–first half of 13th century, yria (Raqqa), Underglaze-painted composite ceramic body and overglaze luster-painted (91.1.138) |
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Lentoid flask, 11th century B.C., Levantine, Bichrome Ware, Terracotta (74.51.431) |
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Open bowl, 1st century A.D., Nabataean; Jordan, Ceramic (1977.234.12) |
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Plate, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 142, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.4) |
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Pyxis, second half of 11th century, Syria, Composite body; luster-painted (1998.298ab) |
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Shallow bowl, 6th–5th millennium B.C.; Ubaid period, Excavated at Ubaid Cemetery, Grave 134, Eridu, Mesopotamia, Ceramic (49.133.3) |
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Spherical Jar, Meroitic Period, ca. 100 B.C.–300 A.D., Meroitic, Painted pottery (08.202.47) |
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Stemmed cup with murex decoration, late 14th century B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA:2, Mycenaean, Terracotta (1972.118.137) |
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Storage jar (albarello), late 13th–14th century, Iran, Fritware, overglaze painted (lajvardina) (57.61.12a,b) |
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Terracotta standing male figurine holding a quadruped, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1613); Terracotta standing warrior (?), ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1614); Terracotta standing warrior with a shield, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1655); Terracotta standing male figurine playing a double flute, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1691); Terracotta standing male figurine, ca. 750–600 B.C., Cypriot (74.51.1692) |
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Three female figures, ca.1400–1300 B.C.; Late Helladic IIIA, Mycenaean, Terracotta (35.11.16-.18) |
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Vessel fragment with bird in profile, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, Eye Temple fill, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.7) |
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Vessel fragment with geometric design, 7th–6th century B.C., Anatolia, Phrygia, Gordion
Ceramic, paint (L.1994.96.6)
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Vessel fragment with rosette, 7th–6th millennium B.C.; Halaf period, Excavated at Tell Brak, FS 1314, Syria, Ceramic, paint (1988.323.6) |
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Thematic Essays (5)
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