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Cover title.

Huwa hādhā kitāb Mashāriq al-aḥkām /

Caption title.

Throne Leg in the form of a Griffin

Metalwork, Iran, Umayyad Caliphate; 1 ft. 10 7/16 in.x 3 27/64 in.x 7 23/64 in.; cast and chased bronze

Bowl Emulating Chinese Stoneware

Pottery, Iran, Abbasid; 2 23/64 in.x 7 63/64 in.; earthenware; painted in blue on opaque white glaze

Throne Leg in the form of a Griffin

Pottery, Iran, Abbasid; 2 23/64 in.x 7 3/4 in.; earthenware; polychrome luster-painted on opaque white glaze

Head of a Sasanian King, probably Shapur II

Metalwork, Iran, Sasanian; 1 ft. 3 3/4 in.x 9 1/64 in.x 7 7/8 in.; silver, mercury gilding

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

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)

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 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