Sentences with phrase «crystal ewer»
Images (left to right): Khusraw at Shirin's palace, miniature from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Tabriz (Persia), late 15th century, ink and pigments on paper, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art; Rock crystal ewer, Egypt, late 10th — 11th century, Fatimid, mounts by Jean - Valentin Morel, Sèvres (France), 1854, rock crystal with enameled gold mounts, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art; Textile fragment, Persia, c. 1600, Safavid, velvet, brocaded silk, and metal thread, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art
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The gallery will highlight particular strengths within the collection, which encompasses one of the most important holdings of luster pottery and rock crystals in the world including the celebrated rock crystal ewer, one of only seven in the world of its caliber and the only one of its type in the United States.
The celebrated rock crystal ewer, one of only seven in the world of its caliber and the only one of its type in the United States, will also be included in this installation
Not exact matches
Reflecting the tastes of Edmund de Unger — a Hungarian - born lawyer who began collecting Islamic art in the 1950s — the Keir Collection is particularly strong in the fields of early luster ceramic ware, while the rock crystal — including the currently exhibited Fatimid Ewer — is perhaps the most important collection of its type outside the treasury of San Marco in Venice.
images: Oil Lamp in the Form of a Fabulous Beast, Iran, 12th — 13th century, bronze, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art, K. 1.2014.496; Ewer, Egypt, late 10th — early 11th century, Rock crystal; carved; 19th - century gold mount by Jean - Valentin Morel, The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art, K. 1.2014.1.