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Highlights from the Collection

Jahangir’s wine cup

Northern India; Mughal, 1607–8 (dated AH 1016)
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The Mahin Banu dish

China; Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period, 1403–25
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Bear

China; Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC–AD 25
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Reliquary head

Gabon; Fang-Betsi, c. 1700-1850
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Dish

Iznik, Turkey; Ottoman, c. 1585-90
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Cup fragment

Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Alexandria; Graeco-Roman, 100 BC–AD 100
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Cup

Marlik, north-west Iran; 1100–900 BC
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Dish

Levant; Umayyad, AD 600–800
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Clasp

Greece; Hellenistic, c. 300 BC
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Squatting dwarf

Mexico; Olmec, c. 900–600 BC
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Dish

Iran; Sasanian, 300 - 500 AD
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Head of a man

Mesopotamia; Neo-Sumerian, c. 2050 BC
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Prince Murad Bakhsh with holy men and attendants

Folio from the Saint Petersburg Album
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Robe

Iran or Central Asia; Seljuk, 1020–1160
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Folio from the Blue Qur'an

Iraq; Abbasid, c. 800; Islamic Spain; Umayyad, or North Africa; Fatimid, 950 - 975 Text: Qur’an, Sura 2 (al- Baqara)
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