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Kohl container in the form of a hippopotamus

Medium:
Faience (glazed composition)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 3 x 5.8 x 4 cm (1 3/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
ca. 1539-1075 BCE or later
Period:
New Kingdom or later
Topic:
fish  Search this
water  Search this
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)  Search this
Egypt  Search this
hippopotamus  Search this
Taweret  Search this
Ancient Egyptian Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1907.29
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Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 1:1-5; recto: frontispiece; verso: text

Medium:
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 24 x 16.1 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran or Iraq
Date:
12th century
Topic:
Islam  Search this
Qur'an  Search this
naskh script  Search this
eastern kufic script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iraq  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
sura 1  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1929.73
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Folio from an unidentified text; obverse: Pasha receives Mir Abd-Ali; reverse: text: The famous commander receives Osman Mohammad Qazi with kindness

Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 28 x 19.6 cm (11 x 7 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Turkey
Date:
16th-17th century
Topic:
court  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
Turkey  Search this
prince  Search this
tent  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
history  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1929.75
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Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d.1382)

Calligrapher:
Ibrahim Khalil  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 26.4 x 16.8 cm (10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Date:
1523 (929 A.H.)
Period:
Uzbek period
Topic:
Uzbek period (1500 - 1598)  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Uzbekistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1932.4
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Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d. 1390); verso: frontispiece; recto: inscription and seals

Calligrapher:
Sultan Muhammad Nur (fl. as early as 1494)  Search this
Artist:
Shaykhzade  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 29.9 x 18.8 cm (11 3/4 x 7 3/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Herat, Afghanistan
Date:
1523-24 (930 A.H.)
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
poem  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
Afghanistan  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1932.46
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Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. ca. 1382); verso: Mihr at school; recto: text, Shah Shapur sends Mihr and Mushtari to school

Calligrapher:
Ibrahim Khalil  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 19.7 x 11.6 cm (7 3/4 x 4 9/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Date:
1523-24 (930 A.H.)
Period:
Uzbek period
Topic:
Uzbek period (1500 - 1598)  Search this
Uzbekistan  Search this
prince  Search this
Mushtari  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
school  Search this
student  Search this
Mihr  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1932.5
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Illuminated folio from a bound volume of a juz' of the Qur'an

Medium:
Gold on parchment
Dimensions:
H x W: 17 x 11.6 cm (6 11/16 x 4 9/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
10th century ?
Period:
Abbasid period
Topic:
Islam  Search this
Abbasid period (750 - 1258)  Search this
Qur'an  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
finispiece  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1934.28
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Forked blade (zhang 璋)

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 41 x 6.5 x 1 cm (16 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 3000-1700 BCE
Period:
Late Neolithic period
Topic:
Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1939.55
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Harvesting knife (hu) with dragons

Medium:
Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 19.2 x 6.7 x 0.5 cm (7 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
5th-4th century BCE
Period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Topic:
dragon  Search this
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
Accession Number:
F1968.38
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Seaside village in Bōshū

Artist:
Ikeda Yoson 池田遥村 (1895-1988)  Search this
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 190 × 53.5 cm (74 13/16 × 21 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1922
Period:
Taisho era
Topic:
Taisho era (1912 - 1926)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
hanging scroll  Search this
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2021.4.14a-c
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Disk (bi) with raised curls

Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 10.7 x 10.7 x 0.4 cm (4 3/16 x 4 3/16 x 3/16 in)
Type:
Ceremonial Object
Origin:
China
Date:
475 BCE- 9 CE
Period:
Eastern Zhou or Western Han dynasty
Topic:
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Gellatly collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Long-term loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of John Gellatly, 1929.8.257.1
Accession Number:
LTS1985.1.257.1
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: A ruler enthroned, left-hand half of a double-page; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayni (known as) Mawsili  Search this
Patron:
Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 35.6 x 29.3 cm (14 x 11 9/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Shiraz, Iran
Date:
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
frontispiece  Search this
Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.112
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Yazdgird enthroned; recto: text

Calligrapher:
Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayni (known as) Mawsili  Search this
Patron:
Qiwam al-Dawla wa'l-Din  Search this
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 36 x 29.2 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Shiraz, Iran
Date:
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
throne  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
epic  Search this
Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.118
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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1207); Shirin examines Khusraw's portrait

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 22.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
probably Shiraz, Iran
Date:
ca. 1490
Period:
Turkmen period
Topic:
portrait  Search this
Turkmen period (1378 - 1508)  Search this
Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501)  Search this
Khamsa  Search this
percussion instrument  Search this
harp  Search this
Khusraw  Search this
Shirin  Search this
Iran  Search this
prince  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.140
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Border

Medium:
Manuscript
Dimensions:
H x W: 27 x 17.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
16th century ?
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
flower  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
S1986.158
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Folio from a Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492); recto: Zulaykha's maids entertain Yusuf in the garden; verso: text

Author:
Jami (died 1492)  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 28.2 x 18.6 cm (11 1/8 x 7 5/16 in)
H x W (image): 19.2 x 11.3 cm (7 9/16 x 4 7/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Khurasan, Iran
Date:
circa 1575
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
garden  Search this
Yusuf  Search this
Zulaykha  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.163
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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); Shirin presents a jug of milk to Farhad

Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 24.7 x 14.5 cm (9 3/4 x 5 11/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
probably Shiraz, Iran
Date:
ca. 1490
Period:
Turkmen period
Topic:
Turkmen period (1378 - 1508)  Search this
Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (1378 - 1501)  Search this
Shirin  Search this
Iran  Search this
Farhad  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.179
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Gudarz slays Piran on the mountain; recto: text

Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 32.5 x 20.2 cm (12 13/16 x 7 15/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Qazvin or Isfahan, Iran
Date:
ca.1590-1600
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
death  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
mountain  Search this
Iran  Search this
Piran  Search this
Gudarz  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.263
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Qasidat al-burda (Mantle of the prophet) by al-Busayri (d.1294)

Patron:
al-Malik al-Ashraf (born Abu'l- Nasr Qaytba)  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 43.2 x 29.8 cm (17 x 11 3/4 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
circa 1470
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Muhammad  Search this
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
Egypt  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
prophet  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
S1986.30
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A seated woman holds a bird

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, mounted in a border (S1986.308)
Dimensions:
H x W: 26.3 x 16.8 cm (10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Isfahan, Iran
Date:
early 20th century
Topic:
bird  Search this
woman  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Henri Vever collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number:
S1986.307
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