ASI.Islamic Collection Highlights The MFA houses one of the preeminent collections of Islamic art in the United States, with materials ranging from ancient to modern day Islamic material culture—paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork, glass, and textiles from Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and other countries of the Middle East and North Africa. /internal/media/dispatcher/1317472/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Candlestick 1342–45 34.168 17915 /internal/media/dispatcher/1298134/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Capital 950–975 12.32 226641 /internal/media/dispatcher/1312955/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Dish about 1525 19.1196 15689 /internal/media/dispatcher/1325162/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Door 14th–15th centuries, with later additions 77.1 37211 /internal/media/dispatcher/1298138/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Double-shelled ewer early 13th century 50.3631 21589 /internal/media/dispatcher/1031301/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Firdawsi's "Shahnama": Mihran Sitad Choosing One of the Khagan's Five Daughters 1317–35 22.392 16555 /internal/media/dispatcher/1318892/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Fragment of a garment 9th–10th century A.D. 34.115 66190 /internal/media/dispatcher/1543389/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Gateway about 1677 1983.386 22925 /internal/media/dispatcher/1330871/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Large jar Second half 13th century 44.829 19314 /internal/media/dispatcher/1317466/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Oil lamp Early 1320s 37.614 18467 /internal/media/dispatcher/1601559/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Pentagon 2011 Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian 2012.321 559867 /internal/media/dispatcher/965115/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Pictorial carpet about 1590–1600 93.1480 71487 /internal/media/dispatcher/967805/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail The Profession of Faith (Al Shahada) 1994 Wasmaa Chorbachi 2002.107 352957 /internal/media/dispatcher/1593816/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Sword belt furnishings 17th–18th century 27.210.1-2 17170 /internal/media/dispatcher/1360532/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Tile Lunette about 1573 06.2437 8559 /internal/media/dispatcher/1312940/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail Tombstone September–October 1138–39 A.D./ A.H. Muharram 533 Abu'l-Qasim al-Kharrat 31.711 244670