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Jacket Front
The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture
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Box and cover (pandan)
Mughal India, period of Shah Jahan, c.1635
Gold sheet, covered with emeralds carved with a design of cypress trees, and surmounted by a diamond
Height: 4 cm; diameter: 5 cm
The Khalili Collection
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‘Jonah and the Whale’, folio 59
from the Khalili portion of the Jami' al-Tawarikh (‘Compendium of Chronicles’) of Rashid al-Din
Iran, Tabriz, AD 1314-15
Ink and watercolours on paper
dimensions of painting: 12 x 25.5 cm
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Illuminated opening spread from a large Qur'an (folios 1b-2a),
probably commissioned by the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp
Iran, Shiraz or Qazwin, AD 1552
Ink, watercolours and gold on paper
page size: 42.7 x 30 cm
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Bifolio from a large vertical-format Qur’an
(Chapter XXXIV, ‘Sheba’, verses 23–28)
North Africa, probably Tunisia, early 11th century
Ink, colours and gold on parchment (vellum); copied in Grand Kufic script
45 x 30 cm
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Album leaf with the giant Uj (the biblical ‘Og’),
and the Prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad
Iraq (Baghdad) or Iran (Tabriz), 15th century
Opaque watercolours and gold on paper
38 x 24.4 cm
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Incense burner in the shape of a lynx
Iran, late 12th- early 13th century
Copper alloy, cast, with engraved and openwork decoration
Height: 27 cm
The Khalili Collection
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Silver-inlaid casket, with 4 dials from a combination lock
Northern Syria or South-east Turkey (Jazira), first half of the 13th century
Sheet brass, engraved and with remains of substantial inlay in silver
20.3 x 19.5 x 15.8 cm
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Large Laqabi-ware dish with a bird
Syria, 12th century
Stone-paste body (fritware) with carved decoration, in-glaze painted in bright colours under a slightly opacified white glaze
Diameter: 29.7 cm
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Lustre-painted vase in the shape of a camel
Iran (Kashan), early 13th century
Fritware, painted in pinkish-olive lustre over an opaque white glaze
Height: 39.5 cm
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