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Textile FragmentThe royal textile factories of al-Andalus were famous throughout the medieval world in a period when luxury textiles constituted one of the most valuable possessions in a ruler’s treasury as well as in the trousseaux of wealthy brides
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Gold NecklaceThe striking way in which this piece, with its circular stone-set gold elements surrounded by small pearls, is stylistically reminiscent of the miniature of the zenana (harem) scene in the Met (30
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Tunic with Dionysos and Dionysian ThemesA longer, wider version of the tunic was the ubiquitous garment of the Late Antique period. This tunic is one of four in the Museum’s collection said to be from Akhmim, an ancient weaving center and apparently a center of both pagan and Christian thought and religion
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The Concourse of the BirdsThe manuscript from which this painting comes was produced in 1483 at the Timurid court of Sultan Husayn Baycara at Herat. It contains four illustrations that may or may not be by the hand of Bihzad, the most famous artist of that era, but represent his innovative, perfectionist style
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