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Minbar (pulpit) formerly in the Qutubia mosque.        
From Cordoba, Spain, 1137, Almoravid period.           
Detail of the marquetry on the sides of the minbar.    
Cedar wood, ebony and ivory, H:3,86 m
#02010119

Minbar (pulpit) formerly in the Qutubia mosque. From Cordoba, Spain, 113...

Door panel of teak wood, showing two horses-heads      
among arabesques.                                      
Fatimid period, 11th                                   
Wood, 33 x 21,5 cm                                     
Inv. 3391
#02010146

Door panel of teak wood, showing two horses-heads among arabesques....

Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in          
dark blue blue overlay and the inscription "Reptah",   
"good luck". Fatimid period, 11th.                     
H: 8,5 cm                                              
Inv. 2463
#02010152

Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay a...

Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with        
a flower in its mouth. Fatimid period, 11th            
Thin gold plates on a silver core, H: 4 cm
#02010154

Gold pendant, enamelled, showing a sparrow with a flower in its mouth....

Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid        
sultans in Rabat. The minaret was built under sultan   
Abu Hassan, the last Merinid ruler to be buried in     
Shellah in 1351.
#02010159

Minaret of Shellah, the cemetery of the Merinid sultans in Rabat. The mi...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful  
caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs 
in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the    
seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker   
between the French and the sultans.Cedar-wood door.
#02010163

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful  
caids of the berber tribe of Glaoua built many kasbahs 
in the mountains south of Marrakesh.Telouet was the    
seat of Si Thami al-Glaoui(died 1956),a power-broker   
between the French and the sultans.Old cedar-wood door.
#02010164

The kasbah (fortress)of Telouet, Morocco.The powerful caids of the berber trib...

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attacking sheep.
From the Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba,Spain, 986 CE
H: 17,6 cm
Inv. 4068
See also details 02-01-02/7,8,9.
#020102 6

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attackin...

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attacking sheep.
From the Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba,Spain, 986 CE
H: 17,6 cm
Inv. 4068
See also details 02-01-02/6,8,9.
#020102 7

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attackin...

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attacking sheep.
From the Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba,Spain, 986 CE
H: 17,6 cm
Inv. 4068
See also details 02-01-02/6,7,9.
#020102 8

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira, son of calif Abd-al-Rahman III. Lions attackin...

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira,top-view with lions.
from the Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba, Spain, 986 CE
H: 17,6 cm
Inv. 4068
See also 02-01-02/6,7,8.
#020102 9

Ivory pyxis of Prince al-Mughira,top-view with lions. from the Madinat al-Zahra...

Turkish ornamental tiles from Kashan or Danghan.       
Assorted.                                              
78,5 x 49,5 cm                                         
A.O. 6319
#02010210

Turkish ornamental tiles from Kashan or Danghan. Assorted....