
Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"
9th century · Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Artworks made 500 to 1400. 74 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.

9th century · Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1310 · Handscroll
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1351 CE · Porcelain
British Museum, London

1373 · Wool and silk on a wool warp
Chateau d'Angers

1300-1350 · Hammered sheet brass
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

c. 1300 · Iron gall ink
Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, England

Late 10th - 11th century · Cast bronze
Musee du Louvre

629 · Sheet brass
British Museum, London

Early 7th century AD · Iron cap and internal fittings
British Museum, London, Room 41

Later 6th century · Gold
Jointly owned and displayed by Birmingham...

Early 14th century · Iron
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

13th century · Hammered brass
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
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