Fatimid art is in large part a luxury art; the Fatimid treasury was full of exquisitely crafted objects in the finest possible materials. Numerous examples of virtuoso carving in rock-crystal survive. Items of jewellery and surviving textile fragments also remind us of the opulence of the Fatimid court. Qur'an manuscripts were treated just as elaborately, as seen in the rare copy known as the Blue Qur'an because it was written in gold on indigo-dyed parchment.

Unlike Abbasid art, much Fatimid art is representational. The technique of lustre-painted ceramics, an Abbasid invention, was adopted and developed further by Fatimid potters. Carved ivory objects with scenes of pastimes like hunting affording a fascinating view into the life of the Fatimid upper class.