Qur'an page in Kufic script

Manuscript, Islamic, Abbasid; 4 1/64 in.x 6 47/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment

Ewer with a Feline-shaped handle

Metalwork, Islamic, Umayyad; 1 ft. 7 3/32 in. x 8 5/16 in.; bronze, case and chased, inlaid with copper

Tiraz Fragment

Textile, Islamic, Abbasid; 1 ft. 10 63/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; cotton, ink, and gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted Inscription: black ink and gold leaf; painted

Element from a Stalactite Squinch (Muqarnas)

1 ft. 1 35/64 in.x 11 17/64 in.x 5 3/4 in.; painted stucco

Bowl with Green, Yellow, and Brown Splashed Decoration

Pottery, Iran, Samanid; 2 7/8 in.x 10 15/64 in.; earthenware; white slip, incised and splashed with polychrome glazes under transparent glaze (sgraffito ware)

Tomb, excavated artifact, Dish with carved decoration

Jiangsu. Huaiyin. Gaozhuang; 2 23/64 in. x 1 ft. 8 5/64 in.; bronze

Bowl with Lute Player and Audience

3 1/2 in.x 7 3/4 in.; stonepaste; glazed (opaque monochrome), in-glaze- and overglaze-painted, gilded

Bowl with Kufic inscription and tree motif

Glass, Islamic, Fatamid; 4 7/32 in. x 6 1/32 in.; blown glass and stained glass with copper and silver stains

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