List of Illustrations Volume I Hip ornament (Nigeria, as early as the 15th century) Blown-glass perfume sprinkler (Egypt or Syria, 14th century) Jadeite earspool (Maya culture, Guatemala, 550–850) Bronze mirror (China, Tang Dynasty, eighth century) Saxon brooch (Britain, seventh to ninth centuries) Gold armlet or anklet (Syria, 11th century) Painted ceramic mask of Tlaloc (Aztec culture, Mexico, ca 1325–1521) Porcelain model of a granary (China, 13th century) Man with pruning hook climbing palm tree (detail of a manuscript page, Spain, 1220) Page from an herbal manuscript (Iraq or Syria, 13th century) Amulet (Coptic Egypt, ca 200–800) Stone owl (Aztec culture, Mexico, ca 1325–1521) Pipe with bluebird (Mexico, ca 1100–1400) Limestone guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion with 11 heads (China, Tang Dynasty, ca 703) Red coral (Britain, ca 1500) Stone-paste cup in the shape of a harpy (Iran, late 12th or early 13th century) Painted wooden lion’s head (architectural element; Qasr Ibrim, Nubia; seventh to 10th centuries) Lintel 17 from structure 21 at Yaxchilán (Maya, ca 600–800) Pavilions on the banks of a river (color on silk, China, Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644) The Mosque of Delhi and the Iron Pillar (watercolor on paper, India, 13th century) Model of Muhafiz Khan’s mosque (India, 1492) in Ahmedabad (artist rendering dating to 1838) Yellow sandstone capital with figures representing Luxury and Lust (Spain, ca 1175–1200) Fragment of a balustrade (Iran, late 13th to early 14th centuries) Wall painting of the martyrdom of the saints (Coptic, Wadi Sarga, Egypt; sixth century) Masked male figure (ceramic with paint, Maya culture, Mexico, 700–900) 11 14 23 26 31 36 44 45 46 48 xi 49 52 57 62 66 68 69 74 78 87 92