Capital (Al-Andalus); marble (Umayyad, circa 950-70)

'Alam (Iran); pierced steel plate with moulded iron adjuncts (Safavid, 16th century)

Young Man Carried Off by a Giant Bird, (Lahore, Pakistan); opaque watercolour, gold and ink on paper (Mughal, circa 1590)

Leaf with Calligraphic Composition, (Turkey); gold on chestnut leaf (Ottoman, 19th century)

Folio from the Khawass Al-Ashjar, (Iran); ink and opaque watercolour on paper (13th century)

Tambura (Tampura), (India); teak wood, a calabash, metal and bone (Mughal, circa 1800)

Basin (Mesopotamia or Iran); cast white bronze, engraved decoration (13th century)

Funerary Stele (North Africa); carved marble (Fatimid, dated 987)

Folio From the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp (Iran); watercolour, gold and ink on paper (Safavid, circa 1532)

Tile Arch, (Multan, Pakistan); ceramic; earthenware, painted with white slip under cobalt blue and turquoise glazes (16th century or later)

The Constellations Virgo, Libra, Scorpio And Leo, (Arabian Peninsula); opaque watercolour and ink on paper (Ottoman, 17th century)

Qur'an Folio in Gold Kufic Script, (North Africa); ink and gold on parchment (9th-10th century)

Blue-and-White Dish (Iran); stonepaste body with blue underglaze painting (Safavid, 17th century)

Planispheric Astrolabe (Al-Andalus, probably Toledo); engraved copper alloy inlaid with silver (Nasrid, 14th century)

Incense Burner (Iran); bronze, inlaid with copper (11th century)

Bowl with Inscription (Iran); ceramic earthenware, black slip with white slip decoration under a transparent glaze (Samanid, 9th-10th century)

Bottle (Egypt); glass, mould blown and applied (11th century)

Mother-of-Pearl Doors (India); wood and mother-of-pearl (Mughal, 18th century)

Manuscript of the Qanun Fi'l-Tibb of Ibn Sina, Volume 5 (Iran or Iraq); opaque watercolour and ink on paper

Bifolium from the Blue Qur'an (North Africa); ink, opaque watercolour, silver (now oxidised), and gold on blue-dyed parchment (9th-10th century)

Manuscript of Hazrat Ali's Mi'A Kalimat (Iran); ink and coloured pigments on vellum, leather binding (dated 1464-65)

Masjid al-Haram

An Aged Pilgrim (India); Opaque watercolour and gold on paper (Mughal, circa 1618-20)

Kausa Ragaputra: Music for After Midnight (India); opaque watercolour on paper, borders cut down, glued to card (circa 1700)

Tiraz (Egypt); linen, tapestry woven silk (10th century)

Robe (Central Asia); linen, tapestry woven silk (14th century)

Albarello (Syria); ceramic fritware, underglaze painted in blue and black (15th century)

Rectangular Box (Sicily); glass, free-blown and cut, bronze hinges and clasp (10th-11th century)

Shell (India); Mother-of-pearl (18th century)

Doors with geometric and floral motives, (Iran); wood and lacquer (Timurid, dated 1487)

Manuscript of Mi'a layla wa layla, Al-Andalus

Page of calligraphic exercise (teaching album), Turkey

Qur'an on cloth, India