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   Trade and Travel (1000-1400 A.D.)
Works of Art (58)
Animal-headed ewer, 9th–10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Buff earthenware body, underglaze-painted, transparent lead glaze (38.40.247)  
 
Arabesque Interlace in Circle (signature B7) and Arabesque and Classical Ornament (signatures C6v and C7), ca. 1465–1527, Font designed by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente; woodcuts engraved by Piron da Carpi, From: Opera nuova che insegna a le donne a cuscire … laqual e intitolata Esempio di raccammi, Publisher: Giovanantonio e i Fratelli da Sabbio, Venice, 1530 (35.75.3) 
 
Armor of heavy cavalry, ca. 1610–20, Italian (Milan or Brescia), Steel, gold, leather, and textile (2002.130a–p) 
 
Astrolabe, dated 1291; Rasulid, Yemen, Brass, pierced and engraved (91.1.535a-h)  
 
"Barbute" sallet, ca. 1470–80, Italian (Milan), Steel (04.3.232) 
 
Basin, ca. 1468–96; Mamluk, Egypt, Brass inlaid with silver (91.1.565)  
 
Binding for a Qur'an, late 16th century, Iran, Leather binding, stamped, cut, and gilt with turquoise insets (56.222)  
 
Bottle, late 13th century; Mamluk, Probably Syria, Greenish colorless glass, free-blown, enameled, and gilded; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, pink, white, gray blue, and black enamels; and gold (41.150)  
 
Bowl with three fish, first half of 14th century, Iran, Fritware, monochrome glazed (59.60) 
 
Bowl, 10th–11th century, Central Asia or Iran, probably Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Underglaze-painted earthenware (2003.415)  
 
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)  
 
Box with a lid, 15th century; Mamluk, Syria, Brass, engraved and inlaid with silver (91.1.538)  
 
Box with lid, 15th century, Probably Egypt, Brass engraved and inlaid with silver and a black compound (23.67.5a) 
 
Brazier, second half of 13th century, Mamluk, Rasulid; Egypt, Cast bronze inlaid with silver (91.1.540)  
 
Candlestick, 16th century, Europe, possibly Venice, Brass engraved and inlaid with silver (17.190.637) 
 
Canopy with phoenixes, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), China, Embroidery; silk and gold thread (1988.82) 
 
Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1570–90, Venice, Beech wood, partially gilded and painted rosewood veneer; gold powder, gold leaf, silver flakes, silver-gilt, bronze, and yellow metal (57.25ab) 
 
Casket (cofanetto or scrigno), ca. 1575–1600, Venice, Beech wood, painted and decorated ebony with encrustations of mother-of-pearl; gilded ivory, and gouache miniatures on parchment under glass; later textile-lining (17.190.848) 
 
Ceramic bowl, 10th century, Iran or Transoxiana, Nishapur or Samarqand, Reddish body, white engobe, underglaze painted and incised, clear colorless glaze (40.170.25)  
 
Close helmet with mask visor, ca. 1515, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), Augsburg, Germany, Steel, embossed, etched, and gilt (04.3.286a) 
 
Dado fragment, 9th–10th century, Iran (Nishapur), Stucco, painted (40.170.176)  
 
Dado panel, first half of 15th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Polychrome marble mosaic (1970.327.8)  
 
Elephant Clock: Leaf from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, 715 A.H. / 1315 A.D.; Mamluk, Abu’l Izz Ismacil al-Jazari, Author, Probably Syria, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.23)  
 
Ewer, 11th century, Found at the Tepe Madraseh, Nishapur, Iran, Bronze, cast and engraved (38.40.240)  
 
Field Ensign, ca. 1500; Mamluk, Syria, Steel (36.25.1961)  
 
Footed cup, first half of 14th century, Iran, Brass inlaid with silver (91.1.559) 
 
Fragmentary plate, 9th century, Western Asia, excavated at the Tepe Madraseh, Nishapur, Iran, Glass, blown, trailed, and scratch-engraved (40.170.131)  
 
Hanging lamp (cesendello), late 15th–early 16th century, Venice, Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (14.83)  
 
Head of an Oba (King), 18th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass (1991.17.2)  
 
Head of an Oba (King), 19th century, Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass, iron (1991.17.3)  
 
Head of an Oba, 16th century (ca. 1550), Nigeria; Edo peoples, court of Benin, Brass (1979.206.86)  
 
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)  
 
Incense burner, end of 13th or beginning of 14th century; Mamluk, Damascus, Syria, Brass, inlaid with gold and silver (17.190.2095)  
 
Jar, 14th century; Mamluk, Syria, Composite body, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and black on white slip, transparent glaze (91.1.130)  
 
La favorita del Turco (The Sultan's Favorite), Cesare Vecellio (Italian, Venetian), From: De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due …, Publisher: Damiano Zenaro, Venice, 1590, Printed book with woodcuts by Christoph Krieger [Cristoforo Guerra] (d. ca. 1590) (21.36.146) 
 
Landscape of the Four Seasons, Muromachi period, early 16th century, Kangaku Shinso (Soami) (Japanese), Pair of six-fold screens, ink on paper (41.59.1,2)  
 
Loom-width piece of velvet, late 15th century, Probably Bursa, Turkey, possibly Venice, Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (53.157)  
 
Lotus Sutra, Heian period, 12th century, Japan, Gold on indigo-dyed paper (65.216.1)  
 
Panel, 10th century, Found at Nishapur, Iran, Stucco, applied and carved (probably originally polychromed) (40.170.441)  
 
Parade shield, late 16th century, Venice, Wood, leather, iron, silver, varnish, and polychromy (42.50.31) 
 
Pieced panel of brocaded silk, second half of 16th century, Probably Bursa, Turkey, Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (17.29.10) 
 
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) 
 
Portrait sculpture of a Zen priest, Muromachi period, 14th–15th century, Japan, Lacquered wood (63.65)  
 
Reconstruction of the hall of a building excavated in Nishapur, called Sabz Pushan, 10th century
 
 
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) 
 
"Simonetti" Carpet, ca. 1500; Mamluk, Attributed to Egypt, Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation (1970.105)  
 
Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent Wearing a Jewel-Studded Helmet, ca. 1532, Venice, Woodcut on paper (42.41.1)  
 
Textile fragment with emblem, late 15th or early 16th century; Mamluk, Egypt, Wool, appliqué (1972.120.3)  
 
Textile fragment, first half of 12th century, Spain, Silk and gold-wrapped silk (58.85.1)  
 
Textile with coiled dragons, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), China, Tabby, brocaded; silk and gold thread (1989.205) 
 
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)  
 
Turkish Lancer and Onlookers Approaching a Town, ca. 1760–70, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, over traces of black chalk; framing outlines by the artist in pen and brown ink on paper (37.165.67) 
 
Visored sallet, ca. 1470–85, Hans Blarer the Younger, German/Swiss (Basel), Steel (29.158.11) 
 
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) 
 
Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, 1510, Shiraz, Iran, Leather binding, tooled and gilded (13.228.6)  
 
Thematic Essays (23)