Two Folios from the ‘Blue #Quran’, #NorthAfrica or #Spain, #Abbasid, 10th century AD, #gold and #silver on vellum stained #RoyalBlue, copied in #Kufic #script; 15 lines to the page
Outer #Kimono for a Woman (#Uchikake) #Japan, #Taishō - #Shōwa period 1920-1930, silk, figured satin weave (rinzu)
#Gold #Dinar, #Madinat al-Salam (#Iraq) #Abbasid, (period of Abu’l-‘Abbas ‘Abd Allah al-Saffah)
Head #Ornament, #Turkey, #Ottoman era, gold, translucent enamel, diamonds, #rubies and #emeralds, #ostrich #feathers
Circular #Brooch, #Spain, #Eibar, circa 1880, ‘PZ’ (Plácido Zuloaga), #iron, #gold and #silver #damascene
Outer #Kimono for a Woman (#Uchikake), #Japan, #Meiji period 1880-1890, hand-spun pongee silk (#tsumugi)
#Incense #Burner (Koro and Cover), #Japan, #Kyoto, #Meiji, Kyoto #Namikawa, cloisonné enamel, shakudo
#Silver #Dirham, #Dimashq (#Damascus, #Syria) #Umayyad, dated 79 AH (698 AD) (period of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan)
#Silver #Dirham, mint: al-Basrah (#Basra, #Iraq) #Umayyad, dated 79 AH (698 AD) (period of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan)
