Part of a 15th century ceramic panel from Samarkand with white calligraphy on a blue arabesque background.

Fragment of an epigraphic ornament. Earthenware with moulded decoration under turquoise glaze, Timurid art.

Arabesque of Medina Azahara in Córdoba, Spain.

Islamic relief panel from Medina Azahara, Córdoba, Spain, c. 940. The central panel pattern springs from a central base and terminates within the space; most later ones do neither.

Complex Arabesque inlays at the Agra Fort in the Mughal Empire.

Musamman Burj in the Red Fort Agra. Shah Jahan was imprisoned here