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Works of Art (21)
Frieze tile with two hunters, ca. 1270–75, Iran (probably Takht-i Sulayman), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (10.9.1) 
 
Frieze tile, A.H. [Shawwa] 707/March–April 1308 A.D., Iran (Kashan); Made for the tomb complex of cAbd al-Samad in Natanz, Iran, Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (12.44) 
 
Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers, 3rd–4th century, Roman or Byzantine; Probably from North Africa, Tesserae (26.68)  
 
Nur al-Din Room, dated 1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D.; Ottoman, Attributed to Damascus, Syria, Wood, marble, stucco, glass, mother-of-pearl, ceramics, tile, stone, iron, colors, gold (1970.170) 
 
Panel of four calligraphic tiles, 14th–early 15th century; Marinid, Morocco, Glazed composite body (1999.146)  
 
So-called Antioch Mosaic, second half of 2nd century; Late Antonine, Roman, Mosaic (38.11.12)  
 
Tile assemblage, first half of 13th century; Seljuq, Anatolia, Composite body, overglaze-painted (1976.245)  
 
Tile from a mihrab, A.H. 722/1322–23 A.D., Iran, Fritware, underglaze painted (1983.345) 
 
Tile from a squinch, second half of 14th century; Timurid, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Earthenware, glazed (20.120.189)  
 
Tile mosaic of Isis, Imperial, 2nd century A.D., Roman, Tesserae (45.16.2)  
 
Tile panel, 17th century, Syria, Six ceramic tiles, composite body, painted and glazed (22.185.13)  
 
Tile panel, dated 1591–2; Ottoman, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (58.90.1a–g)  
 
Tile panel, early 14th century (probably 1310), Hasan ibn cAli ibn Ahmad Babavaih
Iran (Kashan), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (09.87)
 
 
Tile with arabesque decoration, early 15th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Carved, glaze-painted, and gilded earthenware (1998.246)  
 
Tile with the figure of a horseman and a bird, second half of 19th century, Iran, Composite body, molded and underglaze painted (83.1.67) 
 
Tile, ca. 1270–1280; Ilkhanid, Kashan, Iran, Composite body, molded and overglaze luster-painted (12.49.4)  
 
Tile, ca. 1875, Christopher Dresser (British), Earthenware (1991.110.2) 
 
Tile, first half of 15th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body with underglaze paint (x.228.1)  
 
Tile, second half of 15th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Composite body with underglaze paint (67.69.4)  
 
Two tiles, second half of 12th–early 13th century, Afghanistan, Earthenware, molded and glazed (1975.193.5,6) 
 
Wall panel, first quarter of 17th century; Safavid, Probably from a garden pavilion in Isfahan, Iran Composite body, 28 square tiles, painted and glazed in cuerda seca technique over white slip, set on plaster (03.9a-c) 
 
Thematic Essays (3)