
Mosque Lamp Bearing the Name of the Mamluk Sultan al-Malik al-Nasir
ca. 1340 · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Artworks made 500 to 1400. 64 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

ca. 1340 · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 834 CE or somewhat earlier · Tapestry weave
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

c. 1324-1328 · Grisaille
The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

690 AH / 1291 CE · Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Islamic Art

c. 9th - 11th century AD, most often placed around AD 1000... · Cameo-cut glass
Corning Museum of Glass

1133/34 CE · Red silk samite dyed with kermes
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Weltliche Schatzkammer

644 AH / 1246-47 CE · Brass
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Late 7th to early 8th century AD · Cast and gilt silver with individually made...
National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology, Kildare Street...

ca. 522-23 · Limestone with traces of pigment
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 206

12th century · Set of four handscrolls
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

c. 600 · Sandstone
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1247-1249 CE · Brass
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