Unknown Artist, ‘Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"’, second half 9th–mid-10th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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made in Tunisia, probably Qairawan
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/454662

Image rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2004), licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal

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Exhibition History

Solo Shows

2018
Pergamonmuseum, 
Berlin,
A Gallery in a Book. Islamic Albums
2018
Asia Society, 
New York,
Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting
2017
Denver Art Museum, 
Denver,
Ganesha: The Playful Protector
2017
de Young Museum, 
San Francisco,
Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire
2017
RMN Grand Palais, 
Paris,
Jardins (Gardens)
2017
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 
Philadelphia ,
Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
2017
Rubin Museum of Art, 
New York,
Masterworks of Himalayan Art
2017
Asia Society, 
New York,
Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia
2016
Brooklyn Museum, 
Brooklyn,
A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt
2016
RMN Grand Palais, 
Paris,
Sites Eternels
2016
Princeton University Art Museum, 
Princeton,
Epic Tales from India: Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art
2016
Rubin Museum of Art, 
New York,
Sacred Spaces: Himalayan Wind and the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
2016
Rubin Museum of Art, 
New York,
Gateway to Himalayan Art
2016
Legion of Honor, 
San Francisco,
The Future of the Past: Mummies and Medicine

Group Shows

2017
Rubin Museum of Art, 
New York,
The World Is Sound
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Unknown Artist
Folio from the "Blue Qur'an", second half 9th–mid-10th century
Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment
11 15/16 × 15 13/16 in; 30.3 × 40.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York