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Name |
Artist/Origin |
Date |
Material |
 | Dish with Grape Design | Unknown artist, Iznik, Turkey | Ottoman period, late 16th century | Stone-paste painted under colorless glaze |
 | Ruins of the White Temple and Ziggurat | Unknown artist(s). Uruk, Mesopotamia | ca. 3200–3000 BCE | Brick |
 | Hagia Sophia (exterior) | Anthemius of Tralles (Greek, active 6th c.) and Isidorus of Miletus (Greek, active 6th c.) (architects) | Begun 532–537 | Brick, stone, stucco, and other materials |
 | Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the River Ulai) (detail) | Unknown artist(s), Nineveh, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian, ca. 660–650 BCE | Limestone relief |
 | Female Figure | Unknown artist (probably Syrian), Nimrud, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century BCE | Ivory |
 | “Alexander Fights the Monster of Habash” from the Shahnama | Unknown artist, Tabriz, Iran | Before 1335 | Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper |
 | Basin (known as the Baptistère of Saint Louis) | Mohammed ibn al-Zain (Egyptian or Syrian) | Mamluk Period, ca. 1320–1340 | Brass inlaid with silver and gold |
 | Procession of Tribute Bearers | Unknown artist(s), Persepolis | Achaemenid Period, 559–330 BCE | Stone relief |
 | Ka’ba | Unknown architect(s), Mecca | Rebuilt multiple times; latest 17th century | Granite and marble, covered with silk |
 | Portrait of Fath ‘Ali Shah | Mirza Baba (Persian, active 1789–1810) | 1798–99 | Oil on canvas |
 | Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”) | Unknown artist, Nineveh | Akkadian Period, ca. 2300–2200 BCE | Bronze |
