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: Amulet of Rabbit

Living persons wore only one or a few amulets at a time, but mummies usually bear many amulets. The Ma’at amulet (no. 2) and heart sca...

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.

 

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CupJugRoseBorder Drawings and Page from a Manuscript of "Yusuf and Zulaykha" by Jami (d. 1492)Bowl Depicting Bahram Gur and AzadaPen boxArchaizing Relief of a Seated King and AttendantsPortrait of a Nobleman or Royal Figure (Possibly Muhammad Shah Qajar)BeakerA Gathering of DervishesHexagonal TilePrayer Stone 5Bergama Type CarpetTile Spandrel (One of Two)Two-Tiered Enamel EarringsTile Spandrel (One of Two)
 
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