Fractured remnants of Abbasid art survive in museums today.

Evidence

But some elements survive. … At the British Museum we have a few fragments of painted plaster from the harem quarters of an Abbasid caliph, which take us back into the heart of the Islamic empire of the ninth century and show us the real counterparts of the girls from the Arabian Nights. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 824

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 824
• XREF: connects to: Important cultural records survive through mundane, unintended preservation. — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 1888

Broader Connections

• Important cultural records survive through mundane, unintended preservation. #exemplifies (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 1888