Woman’s Dress – Chuquibamba – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/317736
Consistant with the Chuquibamba textile style, this dress is thought to have been
Consistant with the Chuquibamba textile style, this dress is thought to have been
Folio from the Anonymous Bagdad Qur’anThis illuminated folio and folio no. 55.44 come from different sections of one of the acknowledged masterpieces of calligraphy and book production in the Islamic world
Possible candidates have included Sultan Ghazan (r. 1295–1304); his successor,
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Signature: (at left) PM (engraved)Inscription: Each letter separately struck with a die, not engraved. (on upper part of rim)INCEPTANT FACINVS (QVASI NVLLVS IN ORBE SVPERSTES IAM, FORET) E LOTHO FLEBILE PROGENITÆ(on lower part of rim)NAM FOEDE PATRIVM TENTANT[A] (obliterated) TEMERARE CVBILE OBRVTA VT EST VINO MENS, RATIOQVE VIRI „Lot’s daughter attempts a disgraceful deed-(as though already no man remained on earth-)
The engraver, who must have been trained on the Continent, based his compositions
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
Fifth Avenue in Gallery 463 This huqqa base, with irises and other flowers, would have
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Her left hand, open with the palm up, may have held an object.
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