Views of Iraq
Museums

Yasser Tabbaa, Department of Art


Warrior from Hatra
200 BCE, Iraqi Museum
Iraq Museum, Baghdad
View into Islamic Galleries
Stucco Panel, 9th C
from Samarra
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Stucco Panel, 9th C
from Samarra
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Stucco Panel, 9th C
from Samarra
Iraq Mus. Baghdad

Plaster Panel, 13th C
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Carved Stucco Panel, 14th C
Madrasa al-Murjaniya
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Carved Stucco Frieze, 14th C
Madrasa al-Murjaniya
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Tile Panel, 16th C
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Mihrab, 8th C
Iraq Mus. Baghdad

Stone Mihrab, 12th C
from Mosul
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Stone Mihrab, 13th C
from Mosul
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Mihrab, 13th C
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Marble Mihrab
13th C, from Mosul
Mosul Museum
Polychrome Marble Mihrab
14th C, from Mosul
Mosul Museum

Polychrome Marble Mihrab
14th C, from Mosul (detail.)
Mosul Museum
Throne Niche, 13th C
from Sinjar
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Throne Niche (detail) 13th C
from Sinjar
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Wooden Minbar
12th C, from Kufa
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Wooden Cenotaph, 14th C
Iraq Mus. Baghdad
Visions of Iraq

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