Iran, Yazd, Seljuk Period, early 12th Century
1950.9CCCC0
Egypt and Spain
1939.40CCCC0
Spain, Almeria
1952.15CCCC0
Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid Period, 11th century
1944.476CCCC0
Spain, probably Almeria
1966.368CCCC0
Spain, Almeria
1950.146CCCC0
eastern Iran, western Afghanistan, or Turkmenistan, Khorasan
1948.308CCCC0
Spain, Almeria
1952.152CCCC0
Syria, possibly Tell Minis, Zangid or Ayyubid period
1938.7CCCC0
Iran, Hamadan, Ilkhanid period
1938.15CCCC0
Spain, Almeria
1950.394CCCC0
Syria, Damascus, Burji Mamluk period, 15th Century
1945.133CCCC0
Iran, Khurasan, Ilkhanid period, 14th century
1945.27CCCC0
Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuk Period, 12th-13th Century
1947.495CCCC0
Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period, late 12-early 13th century
1915.581CCCC0
Iran, Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th-early 13th Century
1944.74CCCC0
Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abassid Period, 10th Century
1959.331CCCC0
Iran, Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th century
1951.289CCCC0
Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century
1959.249CCCC0
Iran, probably Kashan, Sultanabad ware, Ilkhanid period
1915.589CCCC0
Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period, late 16th-early 17th century
1969.291CCCC0
Iraq, Basra, Abbasid period, 9th Century
1915.304CCCC0
Iran, Nishapur or Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid Period, 10th century
1969.300CCCC0
Iraq, Basra, Abbasid Period, 9th century
1960.277CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Iran, Isfahan | 1962.23 | Ceramic mosaic | Mihrab: 290.7 x 245.3 cm (114 7/16 x 96 9/16 in.); Frieze: 69.2 x 1563.5 cm (27 1/4 x 615 9/16 in.) | Gift of Katharine Holden Thayer | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Yazd, Seljuk Period, early 12th Century | 1950.9 | Limestone | Overall: 65 x 42.6 cm (25 9/16 x 16 3/4 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt and Spain | 1939.40 | Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave | Overall: 70.5 x 111.2 cm (27 3/4 x 43 3/4 in.); Mounted: 78.1 x 119.4 cm (30 3/4 x 47 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Granada | 1939.35 | Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave | Overall: 48.3 x 25.4 cm (19 x 10 in.); Mounted: 58.1 x 35.2 cm (22 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Northwest Iran, Garrus district, Seljuk period, 12th century | 1925.1182 | Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration | Overall: 6.6 x 16.7 cm (2 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, probably Almeria | 1932.137 | Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth | Overall: 16.8 x 14 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 27.3 x 24.1 cm (10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Spain, Almeria | 1952.15 | Silk and gold thread: lampas weave | Overall: 36.8 x 40.6 cm (14 1/2 x 16 in.); Mount: 47 x 50.8 cm (18 1/2 x 20 in.); Framed: 49.5 x 53.3 cm (19 1/2 x 21 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid Period, 11th century | 1944.476 | Earthenware with luster-painted design | Diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in.); Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Spain, probably Almeria | 1966.368 | Silk and gold thread: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave | Overall: 21.2 x 58.5 cm (8 3/8 x 23 1/16 in.); Mounted: 30.2 x 67 cm (11 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Safavid period | 1994.1 | Forged steel, cut to shape and pierced | Overall: 27 x 35 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Spain, Almeria | 1950.146 | Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant | Overall: 43.8 x 39.7 cm (17 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.); Mounted: 53 x 49.8 cm (20 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
eastern Iran, western Afghanistan, or Turkmenistan, Khorasan | 1948.308 | Copper alloy, cast and chased | Overall: 35.5 x 11 x 32.5 cm (14 x 4 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.); Head: 17.8 x 9.5 x 12.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Khurasan, Seljuk Period, 11th-12th century | 1948.308.a | Copper alloy, cast and chased | Overall: 35.5 x 11 cm (14 x 4 5/16 in.); Head: 17.8 x 9.5 x 12.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Iran, Khurasan, Seljuk Period, 11th-12th century | 1948.308.b | Copper alloy, cast and chased | Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
| Spain, Almeria | 1952.152 | Silk and gold thread: lampas and plain-weave variant | Overall: 52.7 x 63.5 cm (20 3/4 x 25 in.); Mounted: 61 x 71.1 cm (24 x 28 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, probably Granada | 1952.105 | Silk and gold thread: tapestry weave | Overall: 17.8 x 10.7 cm (7 x 4 3/16 in.); Mounted: 26.4 x 19.7 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Granada | 1927.378 | Silk: lampas and taqueté weave | Overall: 37.8 x 25.1 cm (14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Mounted: 46.7 x 28.9 cm (18 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Norther Iraq, Ayyubid period, 13th-14th century | 1944.482 | Sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold | Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diameter of box: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Box: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Southern Spain | 1933.440 | Ink, gold, and color on parchment | Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Southern Spain | 1933.440.a | Ink, gold, and color on parchment | Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); Text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Southern Spain | 1933.440.b | Ink, gold, and color on parchment | Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); Text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Spain, probably Almeria | 1928.648 | Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth | Overall: 28.6 x 26.7 cm (11 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 38.7 x 36.8 cm (15 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Syria, possibly Tell Minis, Zangid or Ayyubid period | 1938.7 | Fritware with carved decoration and underglaze-painted design (Lakabi ware) | Overall: 8.3 x 40 cm (3 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, possibly Hamadan, 13th century | 1944.481 | Limestone | Overall: 62.9 x 65.8 cm (24 3/4 x 25 7/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Mawsili (Iraq) | 1956.11 | Brass inlaid with silver; lid and base added later | Diameter: 26.6 cm (10 1/2 in.); Overall: 37.9 cm (14 15/16 in.); Diameter of base: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Syria, Ayyubid Period, 13th century | 1945.386 | Sheet brass inlaid with silver | Diameter: 53.8 cm (21 3/16 in.); Overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Hamadan, Ilkhanid period | 1938.15 | Limestone | Overall: 66.7 x 83.8 x 10.6 cm (26 1/4 x 33 x 4 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Spain, Almeria | 1950.394 | Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant | Overall: 54.3 x 64.5 cm (21 3/8 x 25 3/8 in.); Mounted: 66.7 x 76.8 cm (26 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Syria, Damascus, Burji Mamluk period, 15th Century | 1945.133 | Sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold | Diameter: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Khurasan, Ilkhanid period, 14th century | 1945.27 | Hammered sheet of brass inlaid with silver | Overall: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Granada | 1929.975 | Silk: lampas weave | Average: 104.2 x 215.9 cm (41 x 85 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Rayy, Seljuk period | 1915.525 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 35.3 x 19.4 cm (13 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuk Period, 12th-13th Century | 1947.495 | Fritware with design in carved and underglaze-painted slip ("silhouette" ware) | Overall: 13 x 14 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Diameter of rim: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Kashan, Ilkhanid period, 13th century | 1915.524 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 19.5 x 16 cm (7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust by exchange | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Granada | 1918.183 | Silk: lampas weave | Overall: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 39.1 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Kashan, Seljuk Period | 1917.977 | Fritware with overglaze-painted design (minai ware) | Overall: 13.3 x 12.3 cm (5 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Seljuk Period, 12th Century | 1948.458 | Bronze, cast, with chased and chiseled decoration; eyes inlaid with blue glass | Overall: 17.5 x 9.5 cm (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period, late 12-early 13th century | 1915.581 | Fritware, pierced and underglaze painting | Overall: 9.8 x 18.2 cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Egypt, Fustat (Old Cairo), Fatimid Period, 11th century | 1944.477 | Earthenware with luster-painted design | Overall: 9.6 x 24.7 cm (3 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th-early 13th Century | 1944.74 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 7.2 x 35.5 cm (2 13/16 x 14 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Ayyubid Syria, Rusapha | 1944.75 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 10.2 x 36 cm (4 x 14 3/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, Granada | 1944.240 | Silk: lampas weave | Overall: 54.3 x 27.5 cm (21 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.); Mounted: 64.5 x 37.1 cm (25 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, probably Baghdad, Abassid Period, 10th Century | 1959.331 | Earthenware with luster-painted design | Diameter: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.); Overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th century | 1951.289 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 7.5 x 39 cm (2 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Eastern Anatolia, mid-13th to mid-14th Century | 1951.539 | Sheet brass inlaid with silver | Overall: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.); Diameter of base: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Nishapur, Samanid Period, 10th Century | 1959.249 | Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration | Overall: 8 x 35.6 cm (3 1/8 x 14 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Sultanabad | 1924.742 | Fritware with underglaze-painted design | Overall: 7 x 32.6 cm (2 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, probably Kashan, Sultanabad ware, Ilkhanid period | 1915.589 | Fritware with underglaze-painted design | Overall: 11.2 x 22 cm (4 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid period | 1996.298 | Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration | Diameter: 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period, late 16th-early 17th century | 1969.291 | Cast brass, turned, engraved, inlaid with black compound (niello) | Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) | Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. | CCCC0 | |
Northern Iraq or Syria, Zengid or Ayyubid Period, 13th century | 1952.8 | Cast brass inlaid with silver | Overall: 7.2 x 19.2 cm (2 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Syria, Ayyubid, 13th century | 1952.8.a | Cast brass inlaid with silver | Overall: 7.2 x 19.2 cm (2 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Syria, Ayyubid, 13th century | 1952.8.b | Cast brass inlaid with silver | Overall: 7.2 x 19.2 cm (2 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Charles Clifford (British, 1819-1883) | 1999.113 | Albumen print from wet collodion negative | Image: 29.5 x 40.7 cm (11 5/8 x 16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Seljuk Iran, Rayy, or Syria, Raqqa | 1915.590 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Diameter: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
 | Fatimid Egypt, Fustat | 1915.642 | Earthenware with luster-painted design | Diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, Basra, Abbasid period, 9th Century | 1915.304 | Earthenware with overglaze-painted design | Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.) | The Worcester R. Warner Collection | CCCC0 | |
 | Iran, Kashan, Seljuk Period | 1915.585 | Fritware with luster-painted design | Overall: 9.8 x 21.5 cm (3 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.) | Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust | CCCC0 | |
| Iran, Nishapur or Central Asia, Samarkand, Samanid Period, 10th century | 1969.300 | Earthenware with underglaze slip-painted decoration | Overall: 7.6 x 25 cm (3 x 9 13/16 in.) | Gift of George P. Bickford | CCCC0 | |
 | Spain, probably Valencia | 488.1915 | Tin-glazed earthenware with luster-painted design | Diameter: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.) | Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection | CCCC0 | |
| Iraq, Basra, Abbasid Period, 9th century | 1960.277 | Earthenware with overglaze-painted design | Diameter of mouth: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); Overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Diameter of base: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.) | Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund | CCCC0 |