Islam 1400-1800 Flashcards
Nasrid curtain
Type: curtain, textile
Materials/Techniques: silk lampas weave with areas of compound tabby; two side panels with a narrow central panel
Dimensions: 14.5 x 9 ft
Creator/Culture: Islamic, Spanish
Date/Period: 15th century/Nasrid
Style Period: Nasrid
Place of Origin: Granada, Spain
Inscription: the Nasrid motto, Lā ghālib illā Allah, there is no victor but God
Repository: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Jug with dragon handle (for Ulugh-Beg ibn Shahrukh)
Type: jug, vessel
Materials/Techniques: carved white jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: H. 5.71 in.
Patron/Culture: Ulugh-Beg ibn Shahrukh/Islamic
Date/Period: 1420-50/Timurid
Style Period: Timurid
Place of Origin: Herat or Samarqand (modern Afghanistan or Uzbekistan)
Repository: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Silk animal carpet
Type: carpet, textile
Materials/Techniques: Silk warp, assymetrically knotted weft and pile (800 knots per inch)
Dimensions: L. 94 7/8 in.; W. 70 1/16 in.; weight 206 lbs.
Patron/Culture: Islamic
Date/Period: second half 16th century/Safavid
Style Period: Safavid
Place of Origin: Kashan, Iran
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Top of processional standard (alam)
Type: standard, processional
Materials/Techniques: Pierced steel, molded iron
Dimensions: 32.25 x 12.8 in.
Patron/Culture: Islamic
Date/Period: 16th century/likely Safavid
Style Period: likely Safavid
Place of Origin: Iran or India
Repository: Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
Iznik mosque lamp
Type: lamp, lighting device
Materials/Techniques: Polychrome glazed pottery, fritware (imitation of Kashan fritware)
Dimensions: H. 38 cm; Diam. 22.8 cm; Diam. at foot 15 cm
Patron/Culture: Made for the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem/Islamic
Date/Period: 1549/Ottoman
Style Period: Ottoman
Place of Origin: Iznik, Turkey
Repository: British Museum, London, UK
Purple-ground silk kaftan
Type: garment, textile
Materials/Techniques: Silk brocade (kemha)
Owner/Culture: Originally belonged to Prince Bayezid/Islamic
Date/Period: ca. 1555/Ottoman
Style: Saz
Place of Origin: Turkey
Repository: Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Jeweled dagger with horsehead pommel
Type: dagger, weapon
Materials/Techniques: Blade: Damascus steel inlaid with gold; hilt: jade with carved decoration, inlaid with gold and semi-precious stones
Dimensions: L. 50.5 cm
Culture: Islamic
Date/Period: 17th century/Mughal
Style: Mughal
Place of Origin: India
Repository: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Zebra painting
Type: album painting
Materials/Techniques: painted in opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: Unmounted: H. 18.3 cm, W. 24 cm
Creator/Culture: Made by Mansur for Jahangir or his son, Shah Jahan/Islamic
Date/Period: ca. 1620-21/Mughal
Style: Mughal/secular
Place of Origin: India
Description: Illustrates the zebra gifted by Mir Ja’far to Jahangir, brought from Africa to India by Turks. Jahangir later sent this zebra to Shah Abbas of Iran.
Inscription: “a zebra which the Turks in the company of Mir Ja’far had brought from Abyssinia in the year 1030 [1620-21] and the Wonder of the Age, Ustad Mansur, has drawn it.”
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Taj Mahal, Tomb entrance portal (detail)
Type: architectural element, cenotaph
Materials/Techniques: Pietra dura technique, including ruby, lapis lazuli, agate, pearl and more, inlaid into white Makrana marble from Rajasthan, on top of red sandstone masonry
Dedication/Culture: built by Shah Jahan in memory of Mumtaz Mahal/Islamic
Date/Period: 1632-48/Mughal
Style: Mughal
Site Location: Agra, India
Portrait of William Fullerton of Rosemont
Type: painting
Materials/Techniques: Opaque watercolor on paper
Arist: Dip Chand
Culture: Islamic
Date/Period: 1760-63/Mughal
Style: Mughal
Place of Origin: Murshidabad, India
Description: The pictures made by Indian artists for the British in India are called Company paintings. This one probably depicts William Fullerton of Rosemount, who joined the East India Company’s service in 1744
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
