Covered Jar

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

Lamentation, fol. 149v, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 6 11/16 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

The Duc on a Journey, fol. 168r, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 5 ft. 6 59/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

Mosque Lamp, from the Suleymaniye Mosque

Pottery, Turkey, Ottoman; 1 ft. 6 31/32 in. x 1 ft. 13/32 in.; glazed fritware, polychrome underglazed painted

Garden Gathering

Tiles, Iran, Safavid; 3 ft. 4 63/64 in.x 6 ft. 2 1/64 in.x 2 33/64 in.; stonepaste; painted and polychrome glazed (cuerda seca technique)

Garden Gathering: detail

Tiles, Iran, Safavid; stonepaste; painted and polychrome glazed (cuerda seca technique)

Venus Shooting an Arrow Through an Opening of the Tower: detail, from Le Roman de la Rose

Manuscript, French, 15C; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

Bowl

Pottery, Islamic, Abbasid Caliphate; 2 33/64 in.x 7 43/64 in.; earthenware; polychrome luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Tile

Tiles, Islamic, Ilkhanid; 1 ft. 23/64 in.x 1 ft. 19/32 in.x 2 3/32 in.; molded fritware overglaze luster and inglaze painted decoration

Plate with figures around a pool, two bands of Naskhi inscription

Shamsuddin al-Hasani Abu Zayd; 1 29/64 in.x 1 ft. 1 55/64 in.x 9 59/64 in.; stone-paste painted over glaze with luster

Tile with Image of Phoenix: detail

Tiles, Iran, Ilkhanid; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in. x 1 ft. 2 1/4 in.; stonepaste; modeled, underglaze painted in blue and turquoise, luster-painted on opaque white ground

Dish

1 ft. 3 23/64 in.x 2 23/64 in.; fritware, stonepaste underglaze painted in blue under a transparent alkaline glaze

The Royal Acquantainces of Memi and Sabu

Sculpture, Egyptian, Old Kingdom; 2 ft. 13/32 in.x 9 41/64 in.x 5 63/64 in.; painted limestone

Group of Two Women and a Child

Sculpture, Egyptian, Middle Kingdom to early New Kingdom; 2 51/64 in.x 1 11/16 in.x 3 15/64 in.; painted limestone

Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, front view

Asyut, Egypt; 2 ft. 9 17/64 in.x 1 ft. 9 29/64 in.x 2 ft. 4 47/64 in.; painted limestone