West and Central Asia

By r_bingham
  • Petra Jordan
    400 BCE

    Petra Jordan

    Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
    400 BCE-100 CE
    cut rock
  • Buddha
    400

    Buddha

    Bamiyan, Afghanistan
    Gandharan
    400-800 CE
    cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
  • Dome of the rock
    619

    Dome of the rock

    Jerusalem, Palestine
    Islamic Umayyad
    619-692 CE
    Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaic and gilt aluminum and bronze dome.
  • The Kaaba
    631

    The Kaaba

    Mecca, Saudi Arabia
    Islamic
    631-632
    granite masonry, covered with a silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread
  • Jowo Rinpoche
    642

    Jowo Rinpoche

    Lhasa, Tibet
    Yarlung Dynasty
    believed to have been brought to tibet in 642
    gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint
  • Great Mosque
    700

    Great Mosque

    Isfahan, Iran
    Islamic, Persian
    Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safacid Dynasties
    stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile
  • folio from a Qur'an
    750

    folio from a Qur'an

    Arab, North Africa, or Near East
    Abbasid
    8th-9th century CE
    ink, color, and gold on parchment
  • Basin
    1320

    Basin

    Muhammad ibn al-Zain
    1320-1340 CE
    Brass inlaid with gold and silver
  • Bahram Gur Fights the Karg
    1330

    Bahram Gur Fights the Karg

    Islamic
    1330-1340
    Ink and opaque water color, gold and silver on paper
  • The Court of Gayumars
    1522

    The Court of Gayumars

    Sultan Muhammad
    1522-1525
    ink, opaque water color, and gold on paper
  • The Ardabil Carpet
    1539

    The Ardabil Carpet

    maqsud of kashan
    1539-1540 CE
    Silk and wool