Imams Ali, Hasan and Husayn

Hunter with Two Dogs in a Landscape

Unidentified Artist

PILE RUG

Bookbinding

Court Betrothal Scene

Unidentified Artist

Verses about Love, folio from an album, right-hand side of a bifolio

Verses about Love, folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio

Prayer Carpet

Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara

Reign of Kay Kavus (recto, verso), illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Sura Titles from the Qur'an

LONG HORIZONTAL HANGING

Mirror Case with Interior Painting of Ali, Hasan and Husayn, bordered by Shi'a inscriptions

Majnun in the Wilderness, folio from an album

Ruhani

Two Seated Men (drawing attributed to Bihzad), with Verses about the Inconstancy of Prophetic Vision by Sa'di (calligraphy, verso); Temptation with Wine (painting, recto); folio from an album

Bihzad

Rectangular Silk Fragment with Decoration of a Five-Clawed Dragon amid Clouds and Auspicious Symbols

Illuminated frontispiece, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript of the Khulasa al-Akhbar

Sayings of `Ali Regarding Eloquence and Proper Speech, folio from an album

Four-circle Hevajra Mandala

Carpet

Illustrated Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Sultan Muhammad

Ownership Notes and Stamps (recto), The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, verso), folio 1 from an illustrated Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Mir Ali al Husayni Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat

Small bag, or possibly a panel from a cargo bag

Mirror Case

Small Kermanshah Carpet

Bag, Panel from a Cargo Bag

Rider in a Landscape near a Temple

Unidentified Artist

Scene in a Palace, folio from an album

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 13 from an album

Sleeve Band: Personification

Folio 5 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Sura 2: 1-4 (recto), Sura 2: 5-18 (verso)

Medallion and Hunting Carpet

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 7 from an album

Folio 4 from a Manuscript of the Qur'an: Prayers and Invocation (recto), Fatiha (verso)

Four Verses about Mystical Love, folio from an album

Mu'tamad al-Dawlah Mirza 'Abd al-Vahab

Central Asian(?) Carpet

Fragment of a Kurdish Carpet, pair with 1943.1727

Kirshahir Prayer Rug

Philosopher with a Book and Angel, folio from an album

Kuba Runner

Verses from the Divan by Hafiz (recto and verso); folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio

Lovers

Afshar Saddle Bag

Carpet, so-called Serabend

The Prophet Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Layla and Majnun) by Nizami

Manuscript of a Qur’an

Verses in Praise of Sultan Hasan `Ali Shah and Verses by Hafiz, folio from an album

Muhammad Ibrahim

Vase carpet, fragment

Inscription with Architectural and Floral Motifs

Bird and Flowers

Unidentified Artist

Carpet, so-called Serabend

Odalisque

Henri Matisse

Jarasandha’s siege of Mathura (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Tile Panel with Decoration of Composite Flowers and Serrated Leaves

Embroidered Table Square

Folio 3 from a Qur’an: Frontispiece, Sura 2: 1-4 (recto), Sura 2: 4-begin 19 (verso)

Untitled (girl with curls, half-length, frontal view)

Unidentified Artist

Prayer Carpet

Prodigal Son Chased Away by Women

Unidentified Artist

Notes (recto), Frontispiece, Prose Introduction (verso), folio 1 from a Manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with Two 19th-Century Miniatures Added

Small Hamadan Carpet

Weimar-era currency: one-hundred mark bank note

New Year Print: Nine Phoenixes Flying to the Sun

Manuscript of a Qur'an

Folio 2 from a Qur'an: Prayers and Invocation to God and His Prophet (recto), Frontispiece, Fatiha (verso)

Small Shiraz Bag or Mat, pair with 1943.1729

Child Showered with Money, folio from a manuscript inserted in an album page

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 5 from an album

Mandala with Tara in Center

Khambhavati Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura

Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-1595) in his Library (painting, recto; text, verso) illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al-‘Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).

Herat Carpet Fragment

Carpet, so-called Ghorovan

Saint Matthew

Hans Collaert the Elder Ambrosius Francken Gerard de Jode

Verses about Love by Sa'di, folio from an album

Small Shiraz Bag or Mat, pair with 1943.1725

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 4 from an album

Krishna and Yudhishthira discuss the Great War, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 74 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series