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Baby Bling
Tiff Massey
American, b. 1982
2023
Metal beads, woven rope, brass.
Collection of the artist.
Everyday Arsenal
2018
Steel
I’ve Got Bundles and I Got Flewed Out (Green)
Canvas, Kanekelon, beads.
The Princes of the House of Timur (Humayun’s Garden Party)
Mir Sayyid ‘Ali (Persian, 1510–1572)
Persian, Afghanistan (Kabul) and India
1550–55, with later additions mid-1600s
Opaque watercolor on cotton
The British Museum, London, bought from Ganeshi Lall of Agra, with funds provided by the Art Fund and W. Graham Robertson
1913,0208,0.1
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Babur Enjoying a Meal at the South Madrasa (College)
Madhava Khurd
India
ca. 1590–93
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
The British Library, London
Or 3714, fol. 257r.
© The British Library Board
Dish with delle Agli Family Coat of Arms
unknown
Spain (Manises)
ca. 1430–60
Tin-glazed earthenware
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1956
56.171.152
Saltcellar
1664–65
Tinned copper
Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase
30.432
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
Dish
Turkey (Iznik)
late 1400s – early 1500s
Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
2006.58
Coffee Pot
Turkey (Kütahya)
1700
The British Museum, London, Bequeathed by John Henderson, 1878
1230.554