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Nuit Blanche 2024: Light Speed

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Nuit Blanche 2024: Light Speed

October 5–6, 2024
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Couchiching Annual Conference: The Future of Diplomacy

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Couchiching Annual Conference: The Future of Diplomacy

Diplomacy in Transition: Exploring Canada's Role in a Shifting Global Order

Tuesday, Oct 8 and Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024
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2024 Duende Flamenco Festival

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2024 Duende Flamenco Festival

Thu, Nov 14–Sun, Nov 17, 2024
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Collections Highlights

Pharmacy Jars (Albarelli)
Two blue patterned ceramic pharmacy jars with a large body and tapered opening. Patterns include flowers, vines, fruits and other cymbals.

Pharmacy Jars (Albarelli)

Accession Number: AKM567 and AKM568
Place: Syria
Dimensions: AKM567: diameter 49.4 cm, height 32 cm, AKM568: diameter 49.4 cm, height 30.7 cm
Date: 15th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted

Bowl With A Fantastical Elephant-Headed Creature

Bowl With A Fantastical Elephant-Headed Creature

Place: Iran
Dimensions: 15.2 cm
Date: early 13th century
Materials and Technique: fritware, lustre-painted

Ivory Horn (Oliphant)
An elephant's tusk, carved and detailed with engravings. Propped up by a brass bird's foot and collar - both parts of the artifact. Found in the Aga Khan Museum's permanent collections gallery.

Ivory Horn (Oliphant)

Place: Probably Southern Italy; silver mounts made in England
Dimensions: 64 x 34 cm
Date: 11th to late12th Century; c. 1620
Materials and Technique: carved ivory with silver mount

Kashkul (Begging Bowl)
A brass bowl with a brass chain running to the right side. The bowl has clamps and is engraved with highly intricate patterns of wording and symbols. The bowl is found in the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections gallery.

Kashkul (Begging Bowl)

Place: Iran
Dimensions: 61 cm
Date: late 16th century
Materials and Technique: brass

Planispheric Astrolabe

Planispheric Astrolabe

Place: Spain, Toledo (probably)
Dimensions: 13.5 cm
Date: 14th century
Materials and Technique: bronze, engraved and inlaid with silver

Dish
A round glazed ceramic bowl, with blue, red and green painted flowers on it. The bowl depicts many plants, which looks like a garden, and can be seen at the Aga Khan Museum

Dish

Place: Iznik, Turkey
Dimensions:Diameter 34.3 cm, height 7.4 cm
Date:1570–80
Materials and Technique: fritware, underglaze-painted

Isfandiyar Kills The Simurgh
A detailed painting depicting a variety of animals around a tree, where wording covers the right side of the painting with a horse drawn carriage and flowers. Can be found in the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections.

Isfandiyar Kills The Simurgh

Creator: attributed to Siyavusah
Place: Iran, Qazvin
Dimensions: 40.4 x 29.8 cm
Date: 1576–77
Materials and Technique: opaque watercolour, gold, silver and ink on paper

Shell With Inscriptions
An iridescent clam shell, with intricate carvings of Islamic words and symbols in the surface. From the Aga Khan Museum permanent collections.

Shell With Inscriptions

Place: India
Dimensions: 14.5 cm
Date: 18th century
Materials and Technique: incised mother-of-pearl

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