Floor plan

Time and placeThe 13th century

The 13th century

Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master, c. 1300s
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and cut gold on silk.
Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion, c. 1230–40
Taima Mandala, 14th century
Two Angels, by North Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in the 13th century, anywhere in the world.

First room, north wall

  1. Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master, c. 1300s
    Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist MasterUnrecorded Himalayan maker, c. 1300sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
    "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and cut gold on silk.
    The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida TrinityUnrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

First room, south wall

  1. Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion, c. 1230–40
    Crucifix with Scenes of the PassionUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1230–40Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Taima Mandala, 14th century
    Taima MandalaUnrecorded Japanese maker, 14th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Two Angels, by North Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330
    Two AngelsNorth Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. Orchids, by Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century
    OrchidsMa Lin, second quarter of the 13th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Tiger, by Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79
    TigerFachang Muqi, c. 1250–79Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Madonna and Child, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1290–1300
    Madonna and ChildDuccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1290–1300Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Hanging scroll
    Drake and lotus flowersHuang Jucai, 1279-1368Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Second room, north wall

  1. Bamboo in the Wind, by Puming (Xuechuang), 1300s
    Bamboo in the WindPuming (Xuechuang), 1300sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an", by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CE
    Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an"Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of opaque watercolor, gold leaf, and shell gold, with pen and red and white ink (recto), and pen and red and black ink (verso), on parchment.
    The Flagellation and The Crucifixion, from a PsalterGerman, about 1239Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Dragon, by Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79
    DragonFachang Muqi, c. 1250–79Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Third room, north wall

  1. Dragon; Tiger, by Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79
    Dragon; TigerFachang Muqi, c. 1250–79Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Arhat, 1235
    ArhatUnrecorded Korean maker, 1235Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art