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Inscription: (top center): F [image of a knot] R (too fragmentary for interpretation, most likely added later as a reference to Francius de La Rochedfoucauld) (in each corner): : A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on two dog collars): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)
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Pair of DoorsAccording to Museum files, the findspot for these doors was the town of Takrit in north-central Iraq. Researchers, however, have deduced that local residents in modern times had brought them there for reuse from the ruins of Samarra, a site located on the east bank of the Tigris, about seventy-eight miles (125 km) north of Baghdad
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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
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Beads (1980.456, .457) and pendant (30.95.37)Among the luxury arts that flourished under the Fatimid caliphs, gold jewelry stands out for its innovation and complexity. According to literary sources, prodigious amounts of such jewelry were manufactured for both royal and patrician patrons; most of these items were later melted down for currency or refashioned into newer pieces
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Sir Giles Capel, Rayne Hall, Essex, England (until d. 1556; bequeathed to All Saints Chapel); All Saints Chapel, Rayne Hall, Essex, England (1556–1840; removed by Parmenter); William Parmenter, Bocking, Essex, England (1840–about 1866; sold for 10 s, to Courtauld); Edith Courtauld (later Arendrup), London, England (about 1866–80; gift to de Cosson); Baron Charles Alexander de Cosson, London (1880–93; sold on April 17, 1893, for Fr
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Two Ceramic Tiles (nos. 02.5.91 and 1971.235.2)Major renovations undertaken about 1578 in the private quarters (or harem) of Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace during the reign of Sultan Murad III (r
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