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Fashioning an Empire: Design Inspirations from Iran

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Portrait of a Painter

Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 28.7 x 18.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Istanbul, Turkey
Date:
1478-81
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
portrait  Search this
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1932.28
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Bijan in bonds before Afrasiyab from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 9.2 x 11.5 cm (3 5/8 x 4 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
early 14th century
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this
Bijan  Search this
Afrasiyab  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
prisoner  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
epic  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1940.13
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Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text

Calligrapher:
Malik al-Daylami  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Iran
Date:
1556-1565
Period:
Safavid period
Topic:
donkey  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
commerce  Search this
poetry  Search this
nasta'liq script  Search this
illumination  Search this
India  Search this
Haft awrang  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1946.12.38
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Folio fromKitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: A candle clock; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.8 x 21.9 cm (12 1/8 x 8 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
candle  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1930.71
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Folio from an Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: illustration: Container for dispensing wine; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Author:
al-Jazari  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.1 x 21.9 cm (11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk Period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
wine  Search this
cow  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1930.72
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Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); A musical toy in the form of a boat; reverse: text

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.2 x 21.7 cm (11 7/8 x 8 9/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
music  Search this
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
boat  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
engineering  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1930.73
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Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d. 1206); recto: text, Water-powered clocks; verso: The face of a water clock with Zodiac signs

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 31.5 x 21.9 cm (12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
Syria  Search this
Aries  Search this
Cancer  Search this
Capricorn  Search this
Gemini  Search this
Leo  Search this
Pisces  Search this
Sagittarius  Search this
Scorpio  Search this
Taurus  Search this
Libra  Search this
Virgo  Search this
Aquarius  Search this
automata  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
zodiac  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1930.74
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Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: A hand-washing device in the form of a woman holding a pitcher; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 31.1 x 21.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
woman  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1930.75
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Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: illustration: The basin of the two scribes; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Author:
al-Jazari  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.8 x 19.7 cm (12 1/8 x 7 3/4 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
blood-letting  Search this
Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
F1930.76
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Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: Two drinking men; verso: text, A hydraulic device

Calligrapher:
Farruq ibn Abd al-Latif  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.9 x 20.4 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Syria
Date:
1315 (715 A.H.)
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
drinking  Search this
man  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Syria  Search this
automata  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
F1930.77
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); recto: text; verso: Darab sleeping in the ruined vault

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 25.2 x 20.4 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Tabriz, Iran
Date:
circa 1330-1340
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this
child  Search this
sleeping  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
prince  Search this
vault  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Dara  Search this
Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
F1930.78
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Folio from a selection of the Qur'an, sura 29:46

Medium:
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 36.9 x 26.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
14th century
Period:
Mamluk period
Topic:
Islam  Search this
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)  Search this
Qur'an  Search this
illumination  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
sura 29  Search this
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Accession Number:
F1932.60
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An angel, flying, with cup and wine flask

Artist:
Attributed to Shah Quli  Search this
Medium:
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 18 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in)
Type:
Drawing
Origin:
Probably Istanbul, Turkey
Date:
mid-16th century
Period:
Ottoman period
Topic:
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)  Search this
wine  Search this
angel  Search this
illumination  Search this
Turkey  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1937.7
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Folio from a copy of the De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: Two physicians cutting a plant; verso: text

Calligrapher:
Abdallah ibn al-Fadl  Search this
Author:
Pedanius Dioscorides (died 90 CE)  Search this
Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 33 x 24.9 cm (13 x 9 13/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Baghdad, Iraq
Date:
1224 (621 A.H.)
Period:
Abbasid period
Topic:
plant  Search this
Abbasid period (750 - 1258)  Search this
medicine  Search this
De Materia Medica  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Iraq  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
botany  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1938.1
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Folio from a Manafi al-hayawan (Usefulness of animals) by Ibn Bakhtishu (d.1058); recto: illustration and text: a deer and magpies; verso: text

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Probably Maraghe, Iran
Date:
early 14th century
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
deer  Search this
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this
kufic script  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
magpie  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1938.2
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: The bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great); verso: text

Medium:
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 57.6 x 39.7 cm (22 11/16 x 15 5/8 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Tabriz, Iran
Date:
ca. 1330
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  Search this
Alexander  Search this
naskh script  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
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Credit Line:
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Accession Number:
F1938.3
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Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (died 1020); recto: text and illustration: Rustam rescues Bijan from the well; verso: text

Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 14.8 x 23.4 cm (5 13/16 x 9 3/16 in)
Type:
Manuscript
Origin:
Shiraz, Iran
Date:
February 1341 (Ramadan 741 A.H.)
Period:
Mongol period
Topic:
Shahnama  Search this
Rustam  Search this
Bijan  Search this
Afrasiyab  Search this
Mongol period (1220 - 1380)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Inju dynasty (1335 - 1357)  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1945.7
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Dish

Medium:
Earthenware painted over glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 5 x 42.7 cm (1 15/16 x 16 13/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
10th century
Period:
Samanid period
Topic:
Samanid period (819 - 1005)  Search this
kufic script  Search this
Iran  Search this
earthenware  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1954.16
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Freer Gallery 03: Engaging the Senses
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Honoring Esin Atıl

Creator:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2021-03-25T12:34:43.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
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Art, Asian  Search this
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