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Two fragments of murals on clay mixed with straw, Central Asia, Kizil near Kuqa; 6th-7th century

Two fragments of murals on clay mixed with straw, Central Asia, Kizil near Kuqa; 6th-7th century. H: 15; W: 13.1 cm (44/1979); H: 12; W; 11.5 cm (45/1979), Inv. no. 44/1979 & 45/1979 © The David Collection. These two fragments come from the largest mountain...

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Tags: Central Asia, 6th-7th Century, Kizil near Kuqa, mural fragment

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5 août 2018

Earthenware bowl with incised and carved decoration in a white slip under a yellowish glaze, Byzantium, Corinth?; 12th century

Earthenware bowl with incised and carved decoration in a white slip under a yellowish glaze, Byzantium, Corinth?; 12th century. H: c. 6; Diam: 16.5 cm, Inv. no. 30/1969. © The David Collection. While segments of Byzantine art – painting, work in ivory...

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Tags: 12th Century, Byzantium, Corinth

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4 août 2018

Pen case, brass, engraved and inlaid with silver, Iraq, Mosul; 653 H = 1255-1256

Pen case, brass, engraved and inlaid with silver, Iraq, Mosul; 653 H = 1255-1256. H: 5.7; L: 36.3; W: 7.5 cm, Inv. no. 6/1997. © The David Collection. In the first half of the 13th century, Mosul was the most famous center in the western Islamic world...

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Tags: brass, Mosul, Iraq, Pen case, 1255-1256, engraved and inlaid with silver

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4 août 2018

Oil lamp, cast bronze, inlaid with silver, Jazira; 1st half of 13th century

Oil lamp, cast bronze, inlaid with silver, Jazira; 1st half of 13th century. H: 14.5; Diam at foot: 7.4 cm, Inv. no. 29/2003. © The David Collection. The lamp’s “scarred” surface shows that it had been richly inlaid more or less all over. Remnants are...

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Tags: oil lamp, cast bronze, 1st half of 13th century, Jazira, inlaid with silver

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4 août 2018

Door knocker, cast and engraved bronze, Northern Iraq; 1st half of 13th century

Door knocker, cast and engraved bronze, Northern Iraq; 1st half of 13th century. H: 41.5; W: 25.5 cm, Inv. no. 2/1993. © The David Collection. The central, very rich arabesque on this magnificent door knocker consists of characteristic palmettes with...

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Tags: cast and engraved bronze, Door knocker, Northern Iraq 1st half of 13th century

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4 août 2018

Brass lid, engraved and inlaid with gold and silver, Jazira; beginning of 13th century

Brass lid, engraved and inlaid with gold and silver, Jazira; beginning of 13th century. Mål: 10.3 cm, Inv. no. 39/2008. © The David Collection. It is rather unusual to find metalwork of this early period that still has its gold inlays. This finely inlaid...

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4 août 2018

Mirror, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey; 600 or 660 H = 1204 or 1262

Mirror, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey; 600 or 660 H = 1204 or 1262. H at rim: 0.8; Diam: 24 cm, Inv. no. 4/1996. © The David Collection. This might be the most famous mirror from the Islamic cultural sphere. It was published as early as 1811 as being in...

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Tags: mirror, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey 600 or 660 H 1204 or 1262

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4 août 2018

Sphinx, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey; 12th-13th century

Sphinx, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey; 12th-13th century. H: 12; L: 10.8 cm, Inv. no. 5/1978. © The David Collection. The little sphinx was probably a fountain figure from which water emerged in three jets: through the sphinx’s mouth and the mouths of the...

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Tags: Sphinx, cast bronze, Eastern Turkey 12th-13th century

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3 août 2018

Miniature from a copy of Kitab al-hashaish, “An English Catchfly and a Gazelle”, Iraq, Baghdad (?); 1224

Miniature from a copy of Kitab al-hashaish, an Arabic translation of Dioscorides’s De Materia Medica. “An English Catchfly and a Gazelle”, Iraq, Baghdad (?); 1224. Leaf: 32.5 × 23 cm, Inv. no. 19/1988. © The David Collection. Illustrations for the Arabic...

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3 août 2018

Miniature from a copy of Kitab al-hashaish, “Viper’s Bugloss”, Iraq, Baghdad (?); 1224

Miniature from a copy of Kitab al-hashaish an Arabic translation of Dioscorides’s De Materia Medica. “Viper’s Bugloss”, Iraq, Baghdad (?); 1224. Leaf: 32.5 × 23 cm. Inv. no. 18/1988. © The David Collection. Pharmacology in classical Arab culture can be...

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