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Selected artefacts currently on display in the Museum für Islamische Kunst at the Pergamonmuseum illustrate how various objects have migrated across different continents and how, on closer inspection, shared visual motifs, forms, and craft techniques reveal a network of references to other cultures, which one might not necessarily associate with 'Islamic art' today.

Visualisierung zum Transfer des Blau-Weiß Porzellans zwischen Nah- und Fernost, der die Grenzen der Berliner Museen überschreitet
Visualisierung zum Transfer des Blau-Weiß Porzellans zwischen Nah- und Fernost, der die Grenzen der Berliner Museen überschreitet © Marlene Kettner

The display thereby questions the notions of rigidly defined cultural boundaries that are often posited today. The display has been developed by the 'Objects in Transfer' project, run by the Freie Universität's 'Episteme in Motion' centre, in cooperation with the Museum für Islamische Kunst.

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