Muse. National de Ceramique : CeramiaJ when established and white photographs Of the objects on exhibition. GERMANY Berlin Museum fUr Islamische Kunst Approx. total number of items Short description of the collectiOD 1-3,0-10178 Berlin of pre-Islamic art from South Arabia;

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Short description of the collectiOD Collection of pre-Islamic art from South Arabia; collection of Parthian and Sasanian art. Important collection of Islamic art with a latge number of objects of major importance in all media. (Less important in manuscripts and miniaturepainting than the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kultutbesitz). Other Objects from the excavations in Samarra (Iraq) 1911-1913; Ctesiphon (Iraq) 1928-1932; TabgaHirbat aI-Minya (1937-38); Takht-i Sulaiman (Iran) 1962-1975.