The Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum is responsible for over 60,000 works spanning more than 7,000 years, from Neolithic times to the present. Devotional and secular works from Islamic cultures express the dynamic history of the diverse peoples in Western, Central, and South Asia who produced them. The Islamic holdings, especially strong in works on paper, include brilliantly patterned textiles, intricately worked metal wares, austere calligraphies, iridescent ceramics, and exquisite illustrations to works of poetry.
