1. Band Fragment with Figural and Botanical Decoration

Creator:

Coptic

Date:

8th century C.E. or later

Time period:

Umayyad Period or later

Medium:

Flax, wool

Extent:

20 1/2 x 4 in. (52.1 x 10.2 cm)

2. Binding from Compendium of Medicine

Date:

889 AH/AD 1484

Medium:

red leather with light brown leather doublures

Extent:

Dimensions: Folio H: 12 x W: 7 5/16 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm)

3. Door

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Wood
Ivory
Stone

4. Egypto-Arabic Textile found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Block-printed cotton

Extent:

14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (37.5 x 28.5 cm)

5. Egypto-Arabic Textile found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Block-printed cotton

Extent:

10 5/8 x 9 7/16 in. (27 x 24 cm)

6. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Braid

Date:

13th-15th century

Time period:

Mamluk Period

Medium:

Wool, ribbed cloth

Extent:

4 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (11 x 14 cm)

7. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Carpet Fragment

Date:

13th-15th century

Time period:

Mamluk Period

Medium:

Brocaded ribbed cloth

Extent:

96 1/2 x 48 7/8 in. (245.1 x 124.1 cm)

8. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Fostat Fragment found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Silk embroidery on linen

Extent:

8 1/4 x 3 15/16 in. (21 x 10 cm)

9. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Fostat Print found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Block-printed cotton

Extent:

13 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (35 x 41 cm)

10. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Fostate Print found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed cotton

Extent:

3 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (8 x 21 cm)

11. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Fostate Print found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed cotton

Extent:

6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. (16 x 13 cm) storage (stored framed. kept flat): 1 1/2 × 10 × 11 in. (3.8 × 25.4 × 27.9 cm)

12. Egypto-Arabic Textile, Hanging or Coverlet found in Egypt

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed cotton

Extent:

17 5/16 x 6 11/16 in. (44 x 17 cm)

13. Ewer Basin with Inscription

Date:

ca. 1500-1550

Medium:

earthenware with tin glaze and luster decoration

Extent:

Dimensions: 2 3/8 x 18 3/8 in. (6.1 x 46.6 cm)

14. Fostat Textile Fragment

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed cotton

Extent:

19 11/16 x 23 5/8 in. (50 x 60 cm)

15. Fostat Textile Fragment

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed cotton

Extent:

9 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (23 x 25 cm)

16. Fountain

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Stone
Terracotta
Shell

17. Fragment of a Tunic

Date:

12th-15th century

Medium:

Printed Cotton

Extent:

19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in. (50 x 35 cm)

18. Main Title: Alms Bowl (Stuart Cary Welch Collection Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby's, Lot 132)
Image Title: General view 21093346

Date:

1400
1526
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: North India

Extent:

21.6 cm.

19. Main Title: Alms Bowl (Stuart Cary Welch Collection Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby's, Lot 132)
Image Title: General view 21093343

Date:

1400
1526
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: North India

Extent:

21.6 cm.

20. Main Title: Alms Bowl (Stuart Cary Welch Collection Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby's, Lot 132)
Image Title: General view 21093344

Date:

1400
1526
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: North India

Extent:

21.6 cm.

21. Main Title: Alms Bowl (Stuart Cary Welch Collection Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby's, Lot 132)
Image Title: General view 21093345

Date:

1400
1526
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: North India

Extent:

21.6 cm.

22. Main Title: Book cover, Mamluk (Sackler, S1986.2.1)
Image Title: Detail 22350012

Date:

1300
1499
14th-15th cent.

Extent:

37.2 x 27.1 cm

23. Main Title: Book cover, Mamluk (Sackler, S1986.9)
Image Title: Detail 22350014

Date:

1300
1499
14th-15th cent.

Extent:

27.2 x 49.5 cm

24. Main Title: Bowl (BM 1878,1230.700)
Image Title: General view (object flipped to show exterior) 16500615

Date:

1400
1500
ca. 15th century

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Syria

Extent:

height 2.25 in ; diameter 5 in

25. Main Title: Ceramic panel (Topkapi, Circumcision Chamber)
Image Title: Full view 21093315

Date:

1400
1499
15th century

26. Main Title: Durga (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Full view, front 22350422

Date:

1300
1599
14th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

18.4 x 9.2 x 7 cm

27. Main Title: Durga riding a lion (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Right side, full 22350428

Date:

1400
1599
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

8.9 cm (max height)

28. Main Title: Durga riding a lion (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Right side, full view 22350411

Date:

1400
1599
15th-16th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

8.9 cm (max height)

29. Main Title: Ganesha figurine (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Front view, full 22350383

Date:

1400
1499
15th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

11 cm

30. Main Title: Venugopala (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Full view, front 22350376

Date:

1400
1499
15th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

17.8 x 8.9 x 8.6 cm

31. Main Title: Venugopala (Leo S. Figiel collection)
Image Title: Full view, front 22350375

Date:

1400
1499
15th cent.

Geographic region:

Place of Production: Himāchal Pradesh, India

Extent:

16.8 x 5.1 x 8.6 cm

32. Mamluk Carpet

Date:

late 15th-early 16th century

Medium:

Wool

Extent:

78 1/4 x 51 1/4 in. (198.8 x 130.2 cm)

33. Panel of 16 Tiles from the Shrine of Zayn al-Mulk

Date:

A.H. 885/1480-81 C.E.

Medium:

Ceramic; fritware, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, green, manganese purple, yellow ochre, and opaque white glazes, cut to shape in the mosaic faience technique and set in plaster

Extent:

frame: 41 x 28 in. (104.1 x 71.1 cm) sight: 31 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (80.3 x 48.6 cm)

34. Plate with Inscriptions and Cloud Motifs

Date:

1480-1481 (Timurid)

Medium:

fritware ceramic underglaze-painted

Extent:

Dimensions: H: 3 × Diam: 14 3/4 in. (7.6 × 37.5 cm)

35. Pomegranate Carpet

Date:

late 15th century

Medium:

Wool

Extent:

95 x 55 1/4 in. (241.3 x 140.3 cm)

36. Textile Fragment with Vermiculated Pattern

Date:

14th-15th century

Medium:

Painted cotton

Extent:

12 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

37. Tile

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Wood
Ivory
Stone

38. Tile

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Wood
Ivory
Stone

39. Tile

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Wood
Ivory
Stone

40. Wall Panel

Date:

1200-1499 AD
1200
1499

Geographic region:

Iran
Samarkand
Isfahan

41. Wall Panel
Mosaic

Date:

1400-1499
1400
1499

Geographic region:

Egypt
Cairo

Medium:

Marble (Stone)