Earthenware in art: 2,395 works, most common in Islamic Art

Medium2,395 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	2,395
Date Range	2124 BC – 1999
Primary Department	Islamic Art (1,971)
Most Common Form	Ceramics (2,374)
Cultures Represented	6
Countries	12
Public Domain	2,048 works (84%)

Works by Century

21th century BC

5th century BC

1st century BC

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

Departments

Islamic Art

1,971

Medieval Art

445

Egyptian Art

Arms and Armor

Musical Instruments

The Cloisters

Asian Art

Robert Lehman Collection

Forms & Classifications

Ceramics

2,374

Ceramics-Tiles

Gaming pieces

Sculpture

Miscellaneous

Ceramics-Pottery

Glass

Membranophone

Membranophone-single-headed / conical drum

Metalwork

Cultures Represented

Coptic · 445 Syrian · 2 Indian · 1 Indonesia (Java, Lumajang, Pasiran) · 1 Iranian · 1 Turkish · 1

Historical Periods

Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom · 2Roman Period · 2Bronze and Iron Age period · 1 Modern · 1

Geographic Distribution

Iran

806

Egypt

477

Byzantine Egypt

445

Iraq

252

Iran|Iran

119

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Spain

Palestine

Iraq or Syria

Cities Represented

Nishapur · 668Ctesiphon · 174Nishapur|Nishapur · 114Dhahran · 87Fustat · 45Qasr-i Abu Nasr · 37Kus · 32Basra · 23Thebes · 20Samarra · 17

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Figure	Sculpture	ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 300	Indonesia (Java, Lumajang, Pasiran)
Lamp	Ceramics	1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Lamp	Ceramics	1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Lamp	Ceramics	1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Lamp	Ceramics	1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Lamp in the Form of a Mask	Ceramics	probably 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Lamp in the Form of a Mask	Ceramics	1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Figurine, griffin head, Nemesis?		30 B.C.–A.D. 364	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics
Lamp	Ceramics	1st–7th century	Egypt
Fragment of a Lamp	Ceramics	1st–2nd century	Syria
Lamp	Ceramics	1st–2nd century	Syria
Bowl Depicting King Zahhak with Snakes Protruding from His…	Ceramics	12th–13th century, with alterations first half 20th century; or 20th century	Northwestern Iran
Dish with a Horseman and Trained Cheetah	Ceramics	20th century; or 12th–13th century, with alterations first half 20th century	Iran
Fragment	Ceramics	2rd–7nd century	Iraq
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd century	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd century	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–7th century	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–7th century	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–7th century	Egypt
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Lamp	Ceramics	2nd–6th century
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–8th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–7th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–7th century	Iraq
Fragment	Ceramics	3rd–7th century	Iraq

Related materials

Glass2,271 works Wood1,934 works Pottery1,727 works Stucco1,641 works Bronze1,603 works linen1,599 works Wool1,509 works Pottery and ink1,332 works

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access