Muhammad Siya QalamDemon in chains
Muhammad Siya QalamDemon in chains
IslamicFarhad Carrying Shirin and Her Horse, from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami
IndiaHoli Festival in a Walled Garden with Celebrants
IndiaMystical Diagram (Yantra)
NepalRukmini Seeks Krishna's Permission to Visit her Brother Rukma, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
MughalTwo Girls Performing Kathak
Johannes ZehngrafImperial Framed Miniature of Tsar Nicholas II
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]
Society of Independent Artists(Collaborative Work)
IndiaRagini Gunakali, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
An Episode from the Story of the Sasanian King Khusrau and His Beloved Shirin, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso); Persian verses from a Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Jami (d. 1492) (recto)
IndiaPanchama Ragini, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s)
IndiaMaharao Guman Singh Riding an Elephant in Procession
IndiaKrishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari
IndiaPortrait of Muhammed Azim
House of Carl FabergéFramed Miniature of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Edouard VuillardMadame Arthur Fontaine in a Pink Shawl
India or BangladeshOne of Three Leaves from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamitasutra)
Shah Tahmasp I (1514–1576) Seated in a Landscape
George BeattieVolterran Landscape
Khusrau Parviz Fleeing Bahram Chubineh and Being Saved by Angel Sarush (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
IndiaBattle of the Forces of Krishna and Bana, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana
Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
IndiaRagini Manavati, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
MughalKichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)
IndiaRagini Todi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
MughalPortrait of Emperor Jahangir
IndiaNat Ragini, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi
TibetPainted Banner (Thangka) of Bon Deity Tonpa Shenrap
Folio from a Persian Manafi‘ al-Hayawan (The Benefits of Animals) of Abu Said Ubaid-Allah ibn Jibrail ibn Bakhtishu (died 1058–68) (recto)
IslamicZal and Rudaba in a Palace, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi
Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto)
IndiaBalabhadra, Subhadra, and Jagannatha
UzbekistanJudge (Qazi) of Hamadan in a Drunken State, a scene from the Gulistan of Sa'di
IndiaRoyal Women Feeding Fish
IndiaAsavari Ragini, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set
IndiaRagini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set
John SmartPortrait of a Woman
"Benefits of the Parts of Vultures" (From the Manafi' al-Haywan of Abu Sai'd Ubayd-Allay Ibn Bakhtishu) (recto)
Charles SheelerAerial Gyrations
Princess with Wine Bottle and Cup (recto); Persian Verses (verso)