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Medium5 works

Collection Summary

Works Held5
Date Range16 AD – 1997
Primary DepartmentIslamic Art (12)
Most Common FormWood (12)
Cultures Represented9
Countries9
Public Domain17 works (63%)

Works by Century

8th century
10th century
11th century
13th century
14th century
16th century
18th century
19th century
20th century

Departments

Islamic Art
12
Musical Instruments
7
American Decorative Arts
4
Asian Art
2
Arms and Armor
1
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
1

Forms & Classifications

Wood
12
Furniture
4
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
3
Sculpture
2
Archery Equipment-Arrows & Quivers
1
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
1
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted
1
Chordophone-Zither-plucked-tube
1
Membranophone-double-headed / barrel drum
1
Natural Substances-Ivory
1

Cultures Represented

Indian · 5American · 2India (Gujarat, Patan) · 2Afghan · 1American and Indian · 1Burmese · 1Indian (American market) · 1Indian, Vizagapatam · 1Turkish, Indian, and Persian · 1

Geographic Distribution

India
7
Iran
4
Iraq|Iraq
3
Iraq
2
United States|India
2
Afghanistan
1
Egypt
1
India|United States
1
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
1

Cities Represented

New York|Ahmedabad · 2probably Samarra|probably Takrit · 2Samarra · 2Yazd · 2Takrit|probably Baghdad · 1probably Ahmedabad · 1Calcutta · 1Chennai · 1Ahmedabad|New York · 1

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Pair of DoorsWood9th centuryIraq
Pair of DoorsWood9th centuryIraq
Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'Wood9th centuryIraq|Iraq
Pair of Doors Carved in the 'Beveled Style'Wood9th centuryIraq|Iraq
PanelWoodearly 9th centuryIraq|Iraq
Panel with Horse HeadsWood11th centuryEgypt
Fragment of a PulpitWooddated A.H. 546/A.D. 1151Iran
Two elements from the minbar of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn…Wooddated A.H. 546/A.D. 1151Iran
Stand for a Qur'an ManuscriptWooddated A.H. 761/A.D. 1360Iran
Pair of Carved DoorsWooddated 1466Iran
Inlaid Box for the Portuguese MarketWoodca.1600India
Architectural elementSculpturelast quarter of 16th centuryIndia (Gujarat, Patan)
Architectural ensembleSculpturelast quarter of 16th centuryIndia (Gujarat, Patan)
CasketNatural Substances-Ivoryca. 1760–65Indian, Vizagapatam
ChairFurnitureca. 1881–86United States|India
ChairFurnitureca. 1882–85Indian (American market)
ScreenFurnitureca. 1881–90United States|India
Carved Wooden Panel from a CasketWoodlate 16th centuryIndia
Nine ArrowsArchery Equipment-Arrows & Quivers17th–19th centuryTurkish, Indian, and Persian
SārindāChordophone-Lute-bowed-unfrettedlate 19th centuryIndia
DholikaMembranophone-double-headed / barrel drumlate 19th–early 20th centuryIndia
Mi-gyaungChordophone-Zither-plucked-tubelate 19th–early 20th centuryMyanmar (formerly Burma)
SarangiChordophone-Lute-bowed-unfrettedlate 19th–early 20th centuryIndia
SarodChordophone-Lute-plucked-unfrettedlate 19th–early 20th centuryIndia
SārindāChordophone-Lute-bowed-unfrettedlate 19th–early 20th centuryAfghanistan
ÉtagèreFurnitureca. 1885India|United States
SitarChordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted1997India

Related materials

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access