Seljuqs at the Met

COURT AND COSMOS: The Great Age of the Seljuqs

 At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York until July 24, 2016

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Gypsum Panel with Enthroned Ruler (King Tughril) and Courtiers, Iran (possibly the vicinity of Rayy) 2nd half 12th century, Philadelphia Museum

Stucco Figures, Iran, 12th-early 13th century, Metropolitan Museum
	Figurine of Sultan Tughril, Iran late 13th century, Nasser D. Khalili Collection
detail of Inlaid Brass Ewer of Mahmud b. Sinjar Shah, Mosul ca. 1220. MIA: Doha	Inlaid Brasses of Badr al-Din Lu'lu': Tray, Mosul, 13th cen.  Museum Fuenf Kontinente, Munich
Inlaid Brasses of Badr al-Din Lu'lu': Tray, Mosul, 13th cen. V&A	Magic Mirror of Abu-l-Fadl Artuq Shah, Eastern Anatolia, ca. 1220-30, David Collection
Basin of Sultan Qara Arslan b. Il-Ghazi, Jazira, Syria, or Egypt, late 13th cen. MIA, Doha

Textile Fragments with the Name of 'Ala' al-Din Kay Qubad I, Anatolia 2nd quarter 13th cen. Lyon: MT
	Equestrian Portrait of Badr al-Din Lu'lu from Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs) of Abu-l-Farraj al-Isfahani, Mosul 1217-19,  David Collection
Section of a Quran, Northern Jazira, Sinjar or Nasibin (1198-1219) Khalili Collection	Sirr al-asrar (Secret of Secrets) Mosul, 1189-1211, U Penn
Bowl with Enthroned Figure and Horsemen, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum	Candelstick with Enthronement Scene, Jazira, probably Mosul, 2nd quarter 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum
	Silk Robe, (weft-faced compound twill) Iran, 11th-12th cen. Arabic kufic script reads, "az, vaqbal, vnasr" (Glory, and prosperity, and victory) Sarikhani Collection
Fragment of a Storage Vessel (Habb) Jazira, 13th cen. Brooklyn Museum	The Blacas Ewer, Mosul, 1232, British Museum
Bath Scrapers, Iran 12th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Model of a House Depicting a Feast, Iran late 12th-early 13th cen. Louvre
	Incense Burner in the form of a Bird of Prey, Iran / Khorosan 11th-12th cen. Louvre
Bowl with Majlis Scene by a Pond, Abu Zayd, Iran, 1186, MMA	Bowl with Seated Figures by a Pond, Iran 1211-12, Ashmolean Museum
CEramic BOwl, Jazira, probably Raqqa, 12th cen. Metropolitan Museum	Compartmental Dish with Acrobat and Seated Figures, Iran 12th-early 13th cen. Aga Khan Museum, Toronto
Tray? Iran or Afghanistan, early 13th cen. Keir Collection	Star-shaped Tile, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. Fitzwilliam Museum
1) Glazed Tabouret with Winged Griffins and Benedictions 2) Spherical Veessels, Syria and Afghanistan, 12th cen.	Folios from a Shahnama, Iran or Anatolia, 1217, BNC: Florence
Bowl with Bhram Gur and Azada, Kashan, Iran late 12th- early 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum	"Al-Harith Recognizes Abu ZAyd in a Library in Basra" from a Maqamat of al-Hariri, N. Jazira, Diyar Bakr 13th cen, Paris
Ewer, Khorosan, ca. 1180-1210, MMA
Watered Steel Saber Blade, Iran, 11th-12th cen. Furusiyya Art Foundation	Dagger, excavated in Israel, Furusiyya Art Foundation
Dish with Polo Player, Iran, possibly Kashan, 1208 V&A	Ewer with Falconerin Repousse', Khorosan, probably Herat late 12th- early 13th cen. Gallerie Estensi, Modena
Stucco Relief with Two Fighting Horsemen, Iran, 12th-13th cen. Seattle Art Museum
Figurine of a Lute Player, Iran, late 11th-13th cen. Royal Ontario Museum	Candelstick, Anatolia mid 13th cen. David Collection
Six-pointed Star Tile Ensemble with Lute Player, Anatolia, Konya ca. 1160s-70s, MfIK, SM Berlin	Mounted Hunter with a Cheetah, Jazira or Iran 12th- early 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum
Bowl with Musicians in a Garden, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. MMA	Bowl with Lute Player and Audience, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. MMA
Display Dish wit Pairs of Musicians in Medallions, probably Mosul, mid. 13th, Keir Collection	Ewer with Dancers, Iran late 11th-12th cen. Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci" Rome
Apothocary Jar with Running Hares MMA   Apothocary Jar with Seated Figures, Fitwilliam Museum      Kashan 12th cen.
Tray Stand, probably Mosul, 13th cen. MIA: Doha	Fragment of a Storage Vessel (Habb) Jazira, 13th cen. MIA: Doha
Fountainhead in the Form of a Cockerel with a Parrot for a Tail, found at Raqqa, 11th - 12th century, David Collection
Figurine of a Falcoln with Motifs of Seated Figures, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. Fitzwilliam Museum
Luster Bowl with Harpy, excavated at Rayy, probably Kashan, mid 12th- early 13th cen. U Pennsylvania

Silk Riding Coat, (weft-faced compound twill / samite) Eastern Islamic lands, probably Iran, 1st half 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stamp with Sphinx, E. Iran / Afghanistan, 11th-2th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Amulet, Iran, Iraq, or Anatolia, 12th cen. Collection of Roy and Cecily Langdale Davis
Tray Decorated with Wheel of Three Hares, Khorosan, 12th cen. Keir Collection	Daqa'iq al-haqa'iq (Degrees of Truths) of al-Nasiri, Aksaray, 1272, BN: Paris
Basin with Signs of the Zodiac, Jazira or Syria, 1240-1300, MIA: Doha

Pitcher with Images of the Zodiac, Iran, late 11th-12th cen. British Museum	Celestial Globe with Stand, Iran, 1144-45, Louvre
Astrological Birth Chart, eastern Iran, 12th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Bowl with Epigraphic Band and Signs of the Zodiac, Kashan Iran, early 13th cen. Ashmolean Museum
Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs, Iran, late 12th- early 13th cen. MMA
"Andromeda" folio from a Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita (Book of the Images of the Fixed Stars) of Abu-l-Husayn 'Abd al-Rahman b. Umar al-Sufi, Mosul, 1170-71, Bodleian Library, Oxford	Double Page Frontpiece from Kitab al-diryaq (Book of Antidotes) Jazira, 1199  BN: Paris
Folios from a Dispersed Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides, Baghdad, 1224, Prepairing Medicine from	Brined Grapes, Walters Art Museum                                               Prepairing Medicine from Honey, MMA

Mina'i Bowl with Majlis in a Garden, Iran, late 12th -early 13th cen. Brooklyn Museum	Luster Bottle with Interlace Strapwork and Lobed Rim, Kashan, Iran, 12th- early 13th cen. Benaki Museum
FRagment of a BOx with COmbination Lock, Isfahan, Iran, 1201, David Collection	Luster Bowl with a Bear, Iran, 12th cen. LACMA
Syrian Stonepaste Bowls, 11th-12th cens. 1)V&A 2)MFA: Boston 3)V&A	"The Comprehensive Balance" from a Kitab mizan al-hikmah (Book of the Balance of Wisdom) of Abu-l-Fath 'Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini, Iran, ca. 1270, University of Pennsylvania
	Folio from Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) of Badi' al-Zaman b. al-Razzaz al-Jazari, Design for Water Clock of the Peacocks, Syria or Iraq, 1315,  MMA
Three Treatises and a Letter on the Theory, Construction and Use of Astrolabes, Anatolia, Sivas and Kayseri 1231-38, al-Sabah Collection	Astronimical Anthology, Iran or Anatolia, 1227-8, U Penn
Candlestick with Lion and Bul in Combat, Khorosan, 12th-early 13th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Container in the form of a Camel Carrying a Jar, Kashan, Iran, late 12th-13th cen. Khalili Collection
	Containers in the form of Humped Bovines, Iran, 12th- 13th cen.
	Astrolabe, Isfahan, Iran, 1102-3, Museo Galileo: Florence
Stucco Tile with Griffin Motif, Iran, 12th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Candlesticks and Mirrors (above) Bowl with a Bird of Prey Attacking a Bird, Khorosan, 12th-13th cen al-Sabah Collection (below)

Textile Fragment Depicting a Figure and Mythical Animals, Silk; compound plain weave with supplementary wefts, Iran, late 12th- mid 13th century, MTAD: Lyon

Silk and Gold Compound Twill Textile Fragment with Double-headed Eagle, Anatolia(?) 13th cen. Collection of Rina and Norman Indictor

Textile Fragment with Double-headed Eagles and Facing Lions, iran or Anatolia, 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragmentary star tile with Double-headed Eagle, Anatolia, 13th cen. MIK: Berlin	Textile Fragment with Double-headed Eagle and Flanking Dragons' Heads, Anatolia, 13th cen. SM Berlin

Jar with Double-headed Eagles, Syria or Jazira, 13th cen. Louvre	Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes, Kashan, Iran, 1215-16, MMA
Incense Burner in the Shape of a Lion, Khorosan, 11th-12th cen. David Collection	The Vaso Vescovali, Khorosan, ca. 1200, British Museum
Casket with Bird Finial an Signs of the Zodiac, Khorosan, late 12th- early 13th cen. Khalili Collection	Fragment of a Storage Vessel (Habb) Jazira, 13th cen. MIA: Doha
Jug in the Form of a Crouching Man, Iran, late 12th cen. LACMA	Bowl with Seated Figure, Kashan, Iran late 12th- early 13th cen. al-Sabah Collection

Fragment of a Bowl dedicated to the Vizier Muhammad b. Abdullah Kashan circa 1300, LACMA	Bowl with Majlis Scene by a Pond, Abu Zayd, Iran, 1186, MMA

	Mihrab, Iran, 12th cen. Benaki Museum: Athens

Window Shutters (Doors?) Konya, probably from the Beyhekim Mosque, late 13th cen. MIA: Doha	Pair of Doorknockers, Jazira or Syria, 1st half of 13th cen. MIA: Doha
Two Fragments from a Wooden Minbar, Yazd, Iran, 1151, MMA
Mosaic Tile Panel with Inscription, Attributd to Muhammad al-Tusi, Konya, Karatya Madrasa, 1251-3 al-Sabah Collection	Mosaic Tile with Rosette, Attributd to Muhammad al-Tusi, Konya, Sircali Madrasa, 1242-3  MIK: Berlin

? Gospel Lectionary of the Syrian Jacobites date 1241?	"Constantine and Helena" Folio from the Miaphysite Lectionary, Mosul ca, 1220 or 1260
Volume 53 of a 60-Volume Quran, Damascus, 1167, Keir Collection  Kitab adab al-kuttab (Book of the Etiquette of Scribes) of Ibn Qutaybah Jazira or Syria, 1143, Khalili Collection	Folios from a Copy (Mushaf) of the Quran, Hamadan, Iran, 1164, U Penn
Folios from a Copy (Mushaf) of the Quran, Hamadan, Iran, 1164, U Penn
Dish with Schoolroom Scene Kashan, Iran, late 12th cen.  David Collection	Pen Box, probably Mosul 1250-1300 MCM: Bologna            Inkwell, Khoroan, 12th cen. Royal Ontario Museum
Section from a Quran, Iraq or Anatolia, 2nd half 13th cen. Metropolitan Museum	Munajat (Confidential Talks) of Ali b. Abi Talib, Jazira, ca. 1200 Metropolitan Museum
Rum Seljuq Quran, Konya, 1278, Chester Beatty Library: Dublin	Folios from a Quran, Eastern iran or modern Afghanistan, ca. 1180, Metropolitan Museum
pages from a Seven-part Quran, Iran, late 11th cen. Khalili Collection	Quran, Iran or Iraq, ca. 1200, Chester Beatty Library: Dublin

Folio from a Quran, Iran, ca. 1000-1050, Khalili Collection	Wine Vessel with Hebrew Inscription, Georgia, late 12th - early 13th cen. Georgian National Museum, Tblisi
Inlaid Brasses with Christian Iconography	Bowl with Dragons, Iran, 1210, MMA
	Silk Fragmentary Burial Shroud with Checkered Pattern, Excavated at Rayy, 10th - 11th century, Philadelphia Museum

Baba Figure, Western Turkmenistan, 6th- 10th cen. SMSCCT: Ashgabat	Two Corner Posts of a Grave Marker, Syria or Iraq, 11th- 12th cen. David Col.	Tombstone of al-Khatun Fatima bint Zahir al-Din, Iran, 11th-12th cen. MMA
Tombstone, Syria or Palestine, 11th cen. LACMA	Tombstone of Shihab al-Din Abu Abdallah, Iran, 1143, Seattle Art Museum	Tombstone of Abu Bakr b. Ibrahim, Iran, 1101-2, LACMA

Tombstone of the Lady Jalila, Syria or Jazira, 12th cen. al-Sabah Collection	Wooden Cenotaph with Finials, Iran, 11th-12th cen. Royal Ontario Museum
Tombstone, Hamadan, Iran, 12th cen. MMA	Wooden Cenotaph, Jazira, probably Mosul, ca, 1237, David Collection

Ink on Paper Interior of a Mausoleum, Syria, 12th- early 13th cen.  IMA: Paris	Burial Textile Fragment Excavated at Rayy, 10th-11th cen. Philadelphia Museum

                     Silk Textile Fragments with Scenes of Apotheosis, Excavated at Rayy, 10th - 11th cen. Dumbarton Oaks and Philadelphia Museum 

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