The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 9 (May, 1968)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 26 | NUMBER 9

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 26, no. 9 (May, 1968)

Aanavi, Don, Linda Lee Boyer, Fong Chow, Dudley T. Easby, Jr., Yvonne Hackenbroch, Marilyn Jenkins, and John Goldsmith Phillips

1968

47 pages

8 x 9.75 in

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

"Devotional Writing: 'Pseudoinscriptions' in Islamic Art"
Don Aanavi

"Muslim: An Early Fatimid Ceramist"
Marilyn Jenkins

"The Origin of Coral by Claude Lorrain"
Linda Lee Boyer

"Wager Cups"
Yvonne Hackenbroch

"A Dragon-Boat Regatta"
Fong Chow

"Recently Acquired Sculpture"
John Goldsmith Phillips

"Honorary Trustees and Curators Emeriti"
Dudley T. Easby, Jr.

Met Art in Publication

Qur'an of Ibrahim Sultan, Ibrahim Sultan Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper — Qur'an of Ibrahim Sultan
Ibrahim Sultan
dated 830 AH/1427 CE

Fragment of a Bowl, Earthenware; white slip, black decoration — Fragment of a Bowl
9th–10th century

Bowl with Pseudo-inscription, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze — Bowl with Pseudo-inscription
13th century

Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Brass; engraved and inlaid with silver — Lidded Box of Muhammad al-Hamawi, Timekeeper at the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
15th century

Casket with Figural Imagery, Brass; worked metal sheet inlaid with silver — Casket with Figural Imagery
mid-13th century

Carpet with Pseudo-Kufic Inscriptions, Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile — Carpet with Pseudo-Kufic Inscriptions
probably 17th century

Bowl with Eagle, Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan Egyptian, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze — Bowl with Eagle
Muslim Ibn al-Dahhan
ca. 1000

Three-Color Luster Bowl with a Checkerboard Pattern, Earthenware; polychrome luster-painted on opaque white glaze — Three-Color Luster Bowl with a Checkerboard Pattern
9th century

Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze — Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks
second–third quarter 10th century

Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles, Silk, Islamic — Textile Fragment with Double-Headed Eagles
Islamic
11th–12th century

Textile Fragment from the Shrine of San Librada, Sigüenza Cathedral, Spain, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas — Textile Fragment from the Shrine of San Librada, Sigüenza Cathedral, Spain
first half 12th century

Morgan Casket, Ivory; carved — Morgan Casket
11th–12th century

Bowl Depicting a Running Hare, Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze — Bowl Depicting a Running Hare
first quarter 11th century

Coast View with Perseus and the Origin of Coral, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French, Pen, brown ink, brown, blue, gray wash, heightened with white gouache — Coast View with Perseus and the Origin of Coral
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
1674

Wager cup (Jungfrauenbecher), Hieronymus Imhof, Silver, partly gilt, cold-painted enamel, German, Augsburg — Wager cup (Jungfrauenbecher)
Hieronymus Imhof
ca. 1620

De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diversi parti del mondo, libri due ..., Cesare Vecellio Italian, Woodcut — De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diversi parti del mondo, libri due ...
Multiple artists/makers
1590

Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women), Giacomo Franco Italian, Engraving and woodcut — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane (Dress of Venetian Women)
Giacomo Franco
Giacomo Franco
ca. 1591–1610

Album of Prints by Hollar, Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian, Etching — Album of Prints by Hollar
Wenceslaus Hollar
1650

Dragon Boat Regatta on Jinming Lake, Wang Zhenpeng Chinese, Handscroll; ink on silk, China — Dragon Boat Regatta on Jinming Lake
Wang Zhenpeng
14th century (?)

Ugolino and His Sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux French, Saint-Béat marble, French, Paris — Ugolino and His Sons
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1865–67

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