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Subject Index: Trade and Travel (500-1000 A.D.)

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Works of Art (32)

Stirrup, 975–1075, Anglo-Scandinavian, possibly from southern England, Iron inlaid with copper alloy (47.100.23)
Astrolabe, dated 1291; Rasulid, Yemen, Brass, pierced and engraved (91.1.535a-h)
Bow Brooch with Disk, early 700s, Vendel, Copper alloy with mercury gilding and garnet (47.100.25 ab)
Bowl, 7th–6th millennium B.C., Halaf period, Syria, Tell Halaf, Ceramic (1983.407)
Bracteate, 5th–6th century, Scandinavian, Gold (2001.583)
Brooch, 600–700, Copper alloy with gilding (53.48.6)
Buddhist stele, Tang dynasty, ca. 700, China, Black limestone (30.122)
Cameo architectural panel, ca. 1–25 A.D.; Augustan–early Julio-Claudian, Roman, Glass (18.145.38a)
Cameo cup fragment with lovemaking scene, first half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass (81.10.349)
Circular Pendant, 700–800, Viking, probably Gotland, Gilded copper alloy (1984.300)
Dish in the Shape of a Leaf, Tang dynasty, late 7th–early 8th century, China, Silver with parcel gilding (1974.268.11)
Flask, Tang dynasty, ca. 9th century, China, Stoneware with suffused glaze (1972.274)
Floral medallions, Tang dynasty, late 8th–early 9th century, China, Silk, Weft-faced compound twill (1996.103.1)
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Shrine (Kitano Tenjin Engi), Kamakura period, 13th century, Unidentified artist, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper (25.224a–e)
Long-necked bottle, Nara period, 8th century, Japan, Stoneware with natural ash glaze and incised decoration (Sue ware) (1975.268.425)
Lotus Sutra, Heian period, 12th century, Japan, Gold on indigo-dyed paper (65.216.1)
Miniature pagoda, early Nara period, ca. 767, Japan, Wood (1975.268.150ab)
Mirror back, Tang dynasty, 8th century, China, Silver (1985.214.22)
Night-Shining White, Tang dynasty, 8th century, Han Gan (Chinese), Handscroll; ink on paper (1977.78)
Oval Brooch, 900–1000, Viking; Made in Scandinavia, Copper alloy with gilding (1982.323.1)
Pensive Bodhisattva, Three Kingdoms period, mid-7th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (2003.222)
Phoenix-headed ewer, Tang dynasty, late 7th–first half of 8th century, China, Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze (1991.253.4)
Pilgrim flask, ca. 1500–1525, Venice, Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (1975.1.1167)
Portrait medallion of Süleyman the Magnificent, after 1521, Probably Venice, Bronze (18.70.8)
Schiac Appas, Re di Persia (Shah cAbbas, King of Persia), Engraver: Giacomo Franco (Italian, Venetian), From: Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et più valorosi capitani di questa età con l'armi loro, raccolte et con dilegentia intagliate da Giacomo Franco, Publisher: Giacomo Franco, Venice, 1596 (57.506)
Seated Buddha, Tang dynasty (618–907), ca. 650, China, Dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments (19.186)
Segment of a Daihokobutsu Kegongyo (Avatamsaka Sutra), Nara period, ca. 744, Unidentified artist, Japan, Silver ink on indigo paper (1981.75)
Standing Buddha, Unified Silla dynasty, 8th century, Korea, Gilt bronze (12.37.136)
Standing court lady, Tang dynasty, mid-7th century, China, Earthenware with pigment (1978.345)
Terminal for an Open-Ring Brooch, ca. 950, Viking; Perhaps from Eketorp, Sweden, Silver with gold and niello inlays (2000.140)
Wisdom King Fudo (Fudo Myo-o), Heian period, 12th century, Kyoto, Japan, Joined-woodblock construction with pigments (1975.268.163)
Zao Gongen, Heian period, 11th–?12th century, Japan, Gilt bronze (1975.268.155)

Thematic Essays (19)