Peacock feather, Watercolor, Mughal India, 17th–18th century. artist unknown
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Velvet with a chintamani pattern, silk and metal lamella. Turkey, mid 16th century
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Three horses galloping across a bare landscape. Painted in gouache on paper. Persia / Iran Mid 16th c
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Antique Suzani, Uzbekistan
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Young Woman, Iran, 1901. Photograph by Antoin Sevurguin
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Reciting Poetry in a Garden. Tile, Iran, prob Isfahan. 1st quarter 17th c. Stonepaste, polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines
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Tabriz prayer rug from Azerbaijan, 16th-17th century
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Thomas Abercrombie, Beirut, 1957
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Dervish’s staff, Steel. Persia/Iran. 18th c. Used by members of the Sufi brotherhood. Staff forms calligraphic ornament that spells out Ali
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Shirin Neshat, From the Series , ‘Our House is on Fire’, 2013. Digital C print and ink
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Fritware tile panel, painted in blue, turquoise, and moss green under a transparent glaze. Turkey, Iznik; c. 1540
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Still life with fruit, Persia / Iran, Mid-19th Century. Oil on canvas
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Miniature from a copy of the Ramayana. “Sita Shies Away from Hanuman, Believing He is Ravana in Disguise” Mughal India; 1594
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