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Painted wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel | Between 1131 and 1140Norman | Palermo, Italy | Executed during the Fatimid period (AH 297–567 / AD 909–1171), the ceiling was commissioned by King Ruggero II of Sicily. Dancers, flautists, gamblers, horsemen and wrestlers are depicted together with lions (Ruggero's heraldic emblem) and other animals.Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
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Painted wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel | Between 1131 and 1140Norman | Palermo, Italy | Executed during the Fatimid period (AH 297–567 / AD 909–1171), the ceiling was commissioned by King Ruggero II of Sicily. Dancers, flautists, gamblers, horsemen and wrestlers are depicted together with lions (Ruggero's heraldic emblem) and other animals. | Painted wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel | Between 1131 and 1140Norman | Palermo, Italy | Executed during the Fatimid period (AH 297–567 / AD 909–1171), the ceiling was commissioned by King Ruggero II of Sicily. Dancers, flautists, gamblers, horsemen and wrestlers are depicted together with lions (Ruggero's heraldic emblem) and other animals. | Painted wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel | Between 1131 and 1140Norman | Palermo, Italy | Executed during the Fatimid period (AH 297–567 / AD 909–1171), the ceiling was commissioned by King Ruggero II of Sicily. Dancers, flautists, gamblers, horsemen and wrestlers are depicted together with lions (Ruggero's heraldic emblem) and other animals. | |
Large dish | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | A lustre ware ceramic plate depicting an elegant female musician playing a stringed instrument. She is surrounded by decorative tendrils and spirals and a delicately executed ewer to her left. |
Bowl | Hegira 6th–7th century / AD 12th–13th centuryAyyubid | National Museum of Damascus Damascus, Syria | A reveller, drinking, and enjoying the pleasures of court life. |
Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I | Hegira first half of the 11th century / AD first half of the 17th centuryOttoman | National Museums of Scotland (NMS) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | A miniature painting on paper that once formed part of an album containing both Ottoman-Turkish and Persian miniatures. Manuscripts concerned with the history of Islamic dynasties were illustrated with similar portraits of sultans. |
Dish | Hegira, early 11th century / AD early 17th centuryOttoman | National Museums of Scotland (NMS) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | A dish embellished with a male figure thought to be a young, unfulfilled lover called Ibrahim, known from popular Ottoman literature. The dish was probably produced for the general market. |
Painting | Hegira 7th century / AD 13th centuryAyyubid | The British Museum London, England, United Kingdom | Battle-scenes are seen on many artefacts and in all sorts of media including, like here, on paper. Whether they are 'history paintings' or a warning to would-be aggressors is a matter of some debate.
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