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Fri Sep 5, 2008 - Sun Mar 1

Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia

In Tateuchi Gallery


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Location
Date and Time
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Civic Center Plaza
district: Civic Center

Fri Sep 5, 2008 (10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu)
Sat Sep 6, 2008 (10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu)
Sun Sep 7, 2008 (10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu)
Tue Sep 9, 2008 (10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu)
Wed Sep 10, 2008 (10 am - 5 pm, till 9pm on Thu)

Description
The Islamic cultures of Asia are varied, rich and complex. This exhibition of approximately sixty paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, metal wares, historic photographs, and even puppets highlights their superb artistic traditions. The artworks shown come from Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, and the Philippines, and range in date from the tenth to the twenty-first century. Highlights include a stunning mid seventeenth-century blue-and-white ceramic dish from the Safavid empire of Iran and a huge early seventeenth-century carpet from the Mughal empire of India and Pakistan.