Stone
Unknown Artist
8th–13th century
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
Ht. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm) W. 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) D. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
Classification
Stone
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.101.183
Art Historical Context
This diminutive stone artifact, simply titled *Stone*, hails from the Islamic world between the 8th and 13th centuries—a dynamic era spanning the Abbasid Caliphate's age of scholarship and innovation to the turbulent pre-Mongol period. Measuring just 5/16 inch high, 11/16 inch wide, and 3/8 inch deep, it exemplifies the exquisite craftsmanship of portable objects in Islamic art. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 8 and now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Islamic Art Department, tiny piece invites us to marvel at the skill required to work such a small scale. Carved from stone—a durabl...