Dervish Begging Bowl
Source: Courtesy of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Engraved brass boat-shaped kashkul or dervish's begging bowl. Iran, second half of the 16th century
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Published: July 09, 2007
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A new exhibition at The Ismaili Centre showcases masterpieces of Islamic Art for the first time in London.
Dervish Begging Bowl
Source: Courtesy of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Engraved brass boat-shaped kashkul or dervish's begging bowl.
Iran, second half of the 16th century
Folio Alkhlaq
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One of two folios from the Akhlaq-i Nasiri of Tusi - this one depicts the kitabkhana or artist's workshop.
Lahore, c.1595
Ibn Sina
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Manuscript of the Qanun fi'l-tibb of Ibn Sina, vol. 5. This canon of medicine is "the most important encyclopaedic corpus of medieval medical knowledge in the Islamic world."
Iran or Mesopotamia
Incense Burner
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Bird incense burner.
Islamic Mediterranean, c. 11th-12th century.
Lusture Jar
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Earthenware jar, pained in lustre on an opaque white glaze.
Egypt, 10th-11th century
Mongol Robe
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Mongol robe.
Chinese Central Asia, 13th - 14th century
Pottery Dish
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Pottery dish.
Eastern Iranian world, c. 10th century
Shahnama
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Sindukht comes to Sam bearing gifts. This is a painting from a manuscript of the Shahnama - produced forthe Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp.
Iran, Tabriz, 1522-35