Collections: Arts of the Islamic World

  • 1st Floor
    Arts of Africa, Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
  • 2nd Floor
    Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
  • 3rd Floor
    Egyptian Art, European Paintings
  • 4th Floor
    Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
  • 5th Floor
    Luce Center for American Art

On View: Mummy and Cartonnage of Hor

Cartonnage, linen covered with plaster and then painted, protected the mummy inside the coffin, while the symbols on it helped the deceased ...

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige's 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.

    On View: Fragment from a Relief of a Worshipper

    Both of these figures wear priestly attire. One has his hands raised In a gesture of prayer or adoration, while the other—to judge fro...

     

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    Battle of KarbalaManuscript of the Hadiqat al-Su`ada (Garden of the Blessed) of FuzuliSpherical Hanging OrnamentHunter on Horseback Attacked by a LionBowl with Peacock MotifBowl of ReflectionsFolio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn MirzaKhusraw Discovers Shirin Bathing, From Pictorial Cycle of Eight Poetic SubjectsFragment of a Bowl Depicting a Mounted WarriorMirror CaseRosebushes, Bees, and a DragonflyJug (Mashraba) with Human-Headed Inscription and Zodiac SignsTiraz Fragment of Caliph Marwan IIHaft Rang (Seven-Color) Ware Bowl"Bahram Gur at the Home of Baraham the Jew," Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Second Small Shahnama of Firdawsi (d. 1020)Prince YahyaBowl with Kufic InscriptionFolio from the "Blue" QuranBowl with Kufic InscriptionHunter on Horseback Attacked by a Mythical BeastTop Section of a Water JugMedallion Ushak CarpetVelvet PanelBowl with Kufic CalligraphyMirror CaseMirror Case with Portrait of the Eunuch Manuchihr Khan Mu`tamid al-DawlaMolded TileHexagonal TileSultan Sanjar and the Old WomanBottlePanel of TilesBird in a MedallionCarpet with Garden DesignDish Depicting a Coiled DragonChihil Kilid (Forty Keys) Divination Bowl with Inscriptions, Zodiac Signs, and Four PlaquettesAmulet BoxBottle Depicting a Hunting SceneFragments of Light 2Girl Adorned in Silver JewelryAlbum Folio with CalligraphyYoung Woman Offering Wine to a SageHunters at a StreamRustam Lassoes the Khagan of China, Folio from a Manuscript of the Shah-Nama of FirdausiCrouching Youth Restrains a Bucking Ram in a Landscape"Job Lying Under a Tree," Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Majma` al-tavarikh (Collection of Chronicles) of Hafiz Abru (d. 1430)Seated Qajar PrincePortrait of Fath Ali Shah QajarMan Holding a PomegranateBlue IrisStar Ushak CarpetCupJugRoseBorder Drawings and Page from a Manuscript of "Yusuf and Zulaykha" by Jami (d. 1492)Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and Azada

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    "the roses are in fullness the bees are busy and the dragonfly hovers and is about its life; life beckons and sings and all creatures are active and so should we too come then, gather the tools of our trade and let us go now and let’s make what is good for the world "
    By RajArumugam

    "IN PRAISE of the SIMURGH the world has been through cycles and beings have come and gone and the Simurgh has lived through them all What is it that the Simurgh has not seen? There is nothing the Simurgh has not seen It has seen all Ages of the world and is cognizant of all wisdom of the Ages O Simurgh - fly again over earth and over water and land for you are the mediator between earth and sky and we shall follow you like the hare on land as you glide beautiful and mysterious in the air – and truly we have great need of you "
    By RajArumugam

    "O listen all you that live and feel in this garden: walk with me Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa’di Shirzai whom many may call Saadi O listen all who desire peace and harmony: I have traveled far and wide in this world that is ours this earth of ours that is but a garden and all I have found is charm at the feet of the peaceful, and beauty and depth in all of our earth that is our garden Fill your hearts with radiance and grace and fill your beings O all that live and feel with stillness justice and humility and contentment - and let there be love first and last and always let there be love O listen all you that live and feel in this garden: walk with me Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa’di Shirzai whom many may call Saadi "
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