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Bottle with four handles
ca. 1325-50

Probably Cairo, Egypt
al-Kawakib al-durriya fi madh khayr al-barriyya (Celestial lights in praise of the best of the creation) known as Qasida al-burda (Poems of the mantle) by Sharaf al-Din Abi Abdallah Muhammad ibn Sa'id Dalasi al-Busiri (d.1296)
14th-15th century
sherd, red body, white slip, green glaze
1250-1516

Egypt
Plate
mid-14th century

Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an
14th century

Egypt
Detached folio from a Qur'an, sura 7:173-189
14th century

probably Egypt
Folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (d.1206); recto: illustration: The basin of the two scribes; verso: text
December 1315 (Ramadan 715 A.H.)

Probably Syria
Qur'an
December 1344-45 (Sha'ban 744 A.H.)

Cairo, Egypt
sherd, red body, white slip, yellow glaze with brown stain
1250-1516

Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an
14th century

Egypt
sherd, red body, white slip, yellow glaze with brown stain
1250-1516

Egypt
Folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari (died 1206); recto: text; verso: text and illustration: The water clock of the drummers
1315 (715 A.H.)

Probably Syria