Said to have come from Western Sicily (Alexander 1930: p. 242) From before 1928 and
Object Number: 30.11.6 Said to have come from Western Sicily (Alexander 1930: p.
Beeson, Nora B., ed. Guide to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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
Atil 1987, p. 41, no. 4.
1840s, excavated under the direction of Austen Henry Layard; 1849, presented by Layard to Lady Charlotte Guest for Canford Manor, Dorsetshire (Dorset), England; 1919, purchased by Dikran Kelekian from Ivor Churchill Guest; 1927, purchased by J
Louchheim, Aline B. 1949. “Near-Eastern Art Placed on Display: Metropolitan Shows
Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Object Number: 17.190.352a, b From the Church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
Pierre Leven, Cologne (until 1853); his sale, J.M. Heberlé, Cologne, October 4, 1853, lot 137 (to Soltykov); Prince Alexei Soltykoff, Paris (1853–d. 1859); by descent to his brother, Prince Petr Soltykov, Paris (1859–61; his sale, Drouot, Paris, April 1961, lot 835,to Russel); Mr
Paris, 1859. ill. pl. 4 (b/w). Collinot, Eugène, and Adalbert de Beaumont.
Footed BowlAlong with gilded examples, the most treasured glass objects in the Islamic world were the enameled ones, which developed during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Syria and Egypt under the Ayyubids and Mamluks
B. Tauris, 2012, fig. 1.7.
Inscription: Inscriptions: Outer guard band: Qur’an, ch. II, vv. 285, 286Main border: Qur’an, ch. II, v. 256Inner guard band: Qur’an, ch. VII, vv. 203–205 Border of niche: Qur’an, ch
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944. p. 288, ill. fig. 190 (b/w).
Said to have been found near Olympia (Richter 1948, p.152) [Until 1934, with Theodoros
1947 Object Number: 47.100.3 Said to have been found near Olympia (Richter 1948, p.152
Bidri Water Pipe BaseOf the small number of known bidri objects that predate the eighteenth century, a majority are huqqa (water pipe) bases. Tobacco arrived in India sometime in the late sixteenth century, brought by the Portuguese from the New World to the port of Goa
Textile Museum Journal 25, 1986, p. 14, fig. 18, p. 21, no. 19.
