Ceramics · 9th–10th century
Reading Nishapur ceramics: green ornament and pseudo-inscriptions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 39.40.52
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Catalogue evidence, materials and the lives of objects: a reading room for Iranian ceramics, textiles and the arts of the book.
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Ceramics · 10th–11th century
Reading an Iranian bird bowl: glaze layers and qualified Gurgan attribution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 51.183
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Textiles · 8th–9th century
Reading early Iranian silk: paired animals, roundels and fragment edges
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 38.147
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Textiles · late 18th century
Reading an Iranian barber’s apron: woven ornament and assembled clothing
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2013.1144
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Book arts · 1100s
Reading a Seljuq Qur’an folio: ornamental Kufic, illumination and page evidence
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1933.488
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Historical reference objects, not stock for sale. Catalogue dates, attribution qualifications and photo licences stay with each record; resemblance is not authentication.
82 objects · page 1 of 7
slip painted ware
Bowl with Green Pseudo-Inscriptions and Clusters of Spots
9th–10th century
Earthenware; yellow slip with green decoration under transparent glaze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 39.40.52
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Bowl
10th–11th century
Earthenware; painted on opaque white glaze under transparent colorless glaze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 51.183
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Textile Fragment
8th–9th century
Silk; woven
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 38.147
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Barber's Apron
late 18th century
Silk, metal-thread; weft-faced compound plain weave
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2013.1144
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Folio from a Qur'an
1100s
ink, gold, and colors on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1933.488
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instrument making
Kamānche (incomplete)
1875–1900
Wood, hide, and bone
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1918.353
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persian carpet
Carpet
1800s–1960
Wool and cotton: Ghiordez knot
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1961.392
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persian carpet
Carpet
1800s–1960
Wool: Ghiordez knot
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1961.390
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persian carpet
Carpet
1900s
senna knot: wool, cotton, and camel hair
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1961.385
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persian carpet
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
1600–1625
Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1926.533
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zari bafi
Fragment with Inscription
before 1986
Silk: compound weave
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1986.89
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zari bafi
Fragment with Landscape, Hunters, and Ibexes
before 1982
Silk: lampas weave
Cleveland Museum of Art · 1982.21
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