Bowl with Figures

Pottery, Iran, Samanid; 3 5/8 in.x 7 7/8 in.; earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware)

Plate

Pottery, Iran, Samanid; 1 27/64 in.x 8 17/64 in.; earthenware painted under glaze

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

11 47/64 in.x 8 47/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Metalwork, Iran, Seljuk; 8 3/16 in.x 6 39/64 in.; stonepaste; openwork, underglaze-painted, glazed in transparent turquoise

Bowl

Metalwork, Iran, Seljuk; 4 1/4 in.x 7 63/64 in.; stone-paste painted under glaze

The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great) from a Shahnama by Firdawsi

1 ft. 10 43/64 in.x 11 11/16 in.; opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Mihrab

11 ft. 3 5/64 in. x 9 ft. 5 21/32 in.; mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles on stone-paste (fritware) body; set into mortar

Sword Guard in the Form of Confronted Dragon

2 1/64 in.x 4 1/64 in.x 1 17/64 in.; jade (nephrite), carved

Mosque Lamp

Glass, Islamic, Mamluk; 10 5/16 in. x 8 17/64 in.; glass, brownish; blown, folded foot, applied handles; enameled and gilded

Frieze Tile

Tiles, Iran, Ilkhanid; 10 3/4 in.x 1 ft. 1 17/64 in.x 1 9/64 in.; stonepaste; molded, inglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Necklace Elements

H: 2 7/8 in (lg. medallion); 1 47/64 in. (half-medallion); 3/4 in.x 33/64 in. (cartouches); gold sheet; worked, chased, and set with turquoise, gray chalcedony, and glass

Frieze Tile

1 ft. 2 1/16 in.x 1 ft. 2 3/8 in.x 1 3/16 in.; molded fritware, overglaze luster-painted

Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche

Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Ahmad Babavaih; 4 ft. 1/2 in.x 1 ft. 11 1/2 in.; stonepaste, modeled; inglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on on opaque white glaze

Covered Jar

Pottery, Iran, Ilklhadid; H: 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.; stonepaste; overglaze painted and leaf gilded (lajvardina)

An old Woman called 'The Artist's Mother'

Rembrandt van Rijn; 2 ft. 9/64 in.x 1 ft. 6 21/32 in.; oil on oak