Prayer Carpet

PILE RUG

Four-circle Hevajra Mandala

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

Embroidered Textile

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

Four Verses about Mystical Love, folio from an album

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

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

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

Small Hamadan Carpet

The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Mir Ali al Husayni Mahmud 'Arifi of Herat

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

Muhammad Ibrahim

Bag, Panel from a Cargo Bag

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

Quatrain of Sufi Poetry by Awhad al-Din of Kirman, folio from an album

Abd al-Jabbar Isfahani

Majnun visited by his father in the desert (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 18 from an album

Prayer Carpet

Courtiers with a Horse and Attendant, folio from an album

Small Hamadan Carpet

Preparations for the Wedding of Farangis and Siyavush (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 8 from an album

The Death of Luhrasp in Battle against the Forces of Arjasp (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

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

Rustam and the Iranians Hunt in Afrasiyab’s Preserves (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Court Betrothal Scene

Unidentified Artist

Kuba Runner

Invocation (Basmala)

Muhammad Qazwini

Dragon and Phoenix Panel

Small Kermanshah Carpet

Verses About Humility from the Bustan by Sa'di, folio from an album

Twenty Four Globular Blue Glass Beads

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

Hexagonal Lamp with Alternating Floral and Figural Panels Set against Openwork Walls (one from a set)

Krishna and Radha by the Bank of a River

Lovers with Wine (painting, verso); Love Poetry (calligraphy, recto), folio from an album, right-hand side of a bifolio

Mir `Ali Haravi

Two Men Embracing

Octagonal Pillow with Decoration of Butterflies and Chrysanthemum Sprays

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

Portrait of a Lady, copy of a European painting (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript

Youth Dressed as a Dervish, folio from an album

Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)

Small Covered Jar with Lions Amidst Scrolling Peony Decor

Chinese Verse on a Horse (Sōma-kō), by Kan Ryūko

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 17 from an album

Finial

Portrait of Five Seated Clerics, painting by Abu'l Hasan Naqqash Bashi, with Couplet in Praise of the Prophet's family, calligraphy by an unknown artist, folio from an album

Abu'l Hasan Naqqash Bashi

Prayer Carpet

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 12 from an album

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

Ovoid Jar (So-Called Ginger Jar) with Four Decorative Cartouches Featuring Antiquities and Auspicious Emblems, the Cartouches on a "Shattered Ice" Ground Embellished with Branches of Blossoming Plum

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 3 from an album

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

A Man Kissing the Hoof of the Prince's Horse, folio from a manuscript of Shah va Darvis of Hilali

Todi Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Hexagonal Lamp with Alternating Floral and Figural Panels Set against Openwork Walls (one from a set)

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 9 from an album

Bahram Chubina Slays Kut of Rum (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

'Abd al-Rahim Afsar

Small Vessel in the Form of a Shoe

Illuminated Frontispiece, Introduction (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Circular End Panel for a Cylindrical Pillow, or Bolster, the Panel in the Form of an Open, Multi-Petaled Blossom, perhaps a Chrysanthemum

Painting (verso), folio 2 from an album

Piran Attacks the Iranians at Night (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Harem al Sharif at Mecca, 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).

Carpet

Mercury and Herse

Unidentified Artist

Plate with floral decoration including carnation, tulip, and cypress

Small Round Covered Box with Decoration of a Bird on the Lid

Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451-81)

Letter to a Friend and Verses about Love, folio from an album

Kirshahir Prayer Rug

Openwork Ornament

Second Twelve Paragons, from the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō)

Kondō Kiyoharu

Silk on Linen Panel

Unidentified Artist

The Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the Bath (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Tekke Main Carpet

Kerman Carpet (pair with 1943.1784)

Two Figures in a Landscape

Unidentified Artist

Incident in a Mosque (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 77r from a Divan (collected works) of Hafiz, left-hand side of a double page.

Shaykh Zada