SLAM: Islamic Art

Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx, ca. 8th century B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Rogers Fund, 1954 Size: 4 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 13/16 in. (10.5 × 18.6 × 2 cm) Medium: Ivory

Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto); Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso), 1341, Cleveland Museum of Art: Islamic Art

This is one of several pages that were removed from a unique manuscript of this otherwise unknown work, which bears a colophon stating that it was written by the author and finished “Ramadan, 741” (February 1341). Illustrations on both sides include various animals, trees, and objects such as weapons, musical instruments, and jewels. Size: Overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 ¾ x 5 5/16 in.) Medium: opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Anthropomorph, 1500–500 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998 Size: H. 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm); W. 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm) Medium: Copper

Bath Pail (satl), c. 1580-1610, Cleveland Museum of Art: Islamic Art

This pail was made to carry traditional bathing equipment such as combs and a friction glove to the public bath, or hamman. Intended for the faithful’s purification, the hamman was also a meeting place and a center of social life as well as a popular theme with Iranian poets. The poem in the upper band of this pail employs bath imagery to express the Lover’s longing to see the Beloved. In the lower bands, verses by the celebrated poet Jami (died 1492) liken the sense of well-being induced by a visit to the bath to the elation experienced through ascetic detachment. Size: Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); Diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) Medium: cast brass, turned, engraved, inlaid with black compound (niello)

Turban Ornament, unknown, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891 Size: Ht. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm) W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) D. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) Wt. 1.862oz. (52.8g) Medium: Silver; gilded

Terracotta oinochoe (jug), early 3rd century B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Rogers Fund, 1903 Size: H. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm) Medium: Terracotta