This exhibition presents five superb examples of Vajracharya crowns used in Buddhist ritual in Nepal, along with other ritual objects.
Wallach Foundation Fund and Dipti B. and Rakesh Mathur.
PanelIn their time, the royal quarters at Madinat al-Zahra, the caliphal court in al-Andalus, must have been a spectacular sight, with lavish architectural decoration; luxuriant curtains, textiles, and furnishings; and sumptuous objects
(b/w). Kühnel, Ernst, and J. & S. Goldschmidt.
Assistant Curator Ashley Dunn explores the Museum’s deep collection of prints by Eugène Delacroix, a number of which are currently on view in the exhibitions Devotion to Drawing and Delacroix.
two monographic exhibitions of Eugène Delacroix—Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B.
Tughra of Sultan Süleyman the MagnificentThe Ottoman Turkish sultans controlled one of the most efficient, well-organized, and effective governmental bureaucracies of early modern times; at the apex of this governmental structure was the Ottoman Imperial Chancery, which created, copied, and recorded all official governmental orders or decrees, known as firman, as well as treaties and official correspondence
"[2] Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011] Footnotes: 1.
„Workshop and Legacy“ explores the relationships among Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, and Zarina Hashmi, and brings together work from their years in Paris alongside examples from more recent times.
Zarina Hashmi (American, b. India, 1937). Atlas of My World I, 2001.
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Council on the Arts Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B.
Glass Bowl and DishOf all the different categories of Mughal glass, the milky-white color of this bowl and dish ensemble constitutes the rarest type.[1] The opaque surfaces of the bowl and its matching tray are decorated with identical flowering shrubs enclosed within oval compartments, painted in two shades of gold and silver, now tarnished into a dark metallic gray
) Classification: Glass Credit Line: Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B.
London: B. T. Batsford, 1939. p. 20, fig. 8; XXI, 5. Jacobstahl, Paul.
References and Further Reading Bennett, Wendell C., and Junius B. Bird.
Inscription: Inscribed in Greek: [On lid] Here is your son…Here is your Mother (on either side of Christ’s head); Jesus; Mother of God; John; [on lid moving clockwise from upper left] Saint Demetrios; Saint Eustathios; Saint Lawrence; Luke; Mark; Thomas; James; Saint Damianos; Saint Kosmas; Saint Gregory the Miracle-Worker; Bartholomew; Matthew; Jude; Simon; [on side moving clockwise from upper left] Saint Anastasios; Saint Nicholas; Saint Platon; Saint Theodore; Saint Prokopios; Saint George; Saint Merkourios; Saint Eustratios; Saint Panteleimon; Saint Andrew; Saint John; Saint Paul; Saint Peter; [inside lid] Hail, full of grace!; The Nativity; Here is your son
Interior Interior Ivory casket and enamel reliquary (17.190.238, 17.190.715a, b)
