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Saltcellar

Saltcellar

unknown

India

1664–65

Tinned copper

Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase

30.432

Saltcellar

India

1664–65

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Rooster-Headed Ewer

Rooster-Headed Ewer

Iran (possibly Kashan)

ca. 1200

Underglaze-painted fritware

Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council, Henry II Ford, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, J. Lawrence Buell, Jr. Fund

1989.34

Rooster-Headed Ewer

Iran (possibly Kashan)

ca. 1200

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Dish

Dish

unknown

Turkey (Iznik)

late 1400s – early 1500s

Underglaze-painted fritware

Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

2006.58

Dish

Turkey (Iznik)

late 1400s – early 1500s

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Coffee Pot

Coffee Pot

unknown

Turkey (Kütahya)

1700

Underglaze-painted fritware

The British Museum, London, Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1878

1230.554

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Coffee Pot

Turkey (Kütahya)

1700

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A Banquet Scene with Hormuz

A Banquet Scene with Hormuz

Multiple makers

Iran (Shiraz)

ca. 1485–95

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Joan Palevsky

M.73.5.413

© Museum Associates / LACMA

A Banquet Scene with Hormuz

Multiple makers

ca. 1485–95

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An Old and a Young Man and a Woman Having a Picnic

An Old and a Young Man and a Woman Having a Picnic

Muhammad Ali

Iran

ca. mid-1600s

Watercolor on paper

The David Collection, Copenhagen

155/2006

An Old and a Young Man and a Woman Having a Picnic

Muhammad Ali

ca. mid-1600s

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Bowl with Handles

Bowl with Handles

unknown

India

ca. 1640–50

Jade

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase

M.76.2.2

© Museum Associates / LACMA

Bowl with Handles

India

ca. 1640–50

I came to seduce and to make you question why these objects exist.

Tiff Massey

Tiff Massey’s work is a testament to the power of art to inspire, provoke, and ultimately, connect us to our shared humanity

Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA Director
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