Highlights from the Collection
Jahangir’s wine cup
Northern India; Mughal, 1607–8 (dated AH 1016)
The Mahin Banu dish
China; Ming Dynasty, Yongle Period, 1403–25
Bear
China; Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC–AD 25
Stargazer
Western Asia Minor, possibly Anatolia; Chalcolithic,
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Reliquary head
Gabon; Fang-Betsi, c. 1700-1850
Dish
Iznik, Turkey; Ottoman, c. 1585-90
Cup fragment
Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Alexandria; Graeco-Roman, 100 BC–AD 100
Bust of Emperor Hadrian
Head: Roman, first half of the 2nd century AD, beard recarved in the middle of the 13th century
Bust: Venice; second half of the 16th century
Socle: c. 1850
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Cup
Marlik, north-west Iran; 1100–900 BC
Dish
Levant; Umayyad, AD 600–800
Clasp
Greece; Hellenistic, c. 300 BC
Head of a royal figure
Egypt; New Kingdom, 1475–1292 BC
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Squatting dwarf
Mexico; Olmec, c. 900–600 BC
Dish
Iran; Sasanian, 300 - 500 AD
Head of a man
Mesopotamia; Neo-Sumerian, c. 2050 BC
Mask pendant
Mexico, or northern Central America; Maya, AD 200–600
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Prince Murad Bakhsh with holy men and attendants
Folio from the Saint Petersburg Album
Robe
Iran or Central Asia; Seljuk, 1020–1160
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)