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

Sura Titles from the Qur'an

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

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

Lovers with Pomegranate (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio

Mir `Ali Haravi

Small Hamadan Carpet

Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript

Lovers

Battle Scene

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

Siyavush surrounded by Musicians and Attendants, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Court Betrothal Scene

Unidentified Artist

Kuba Runner

Invocation (Basmala)

Muhammad Qazwini

Emperor Akbar and Gosain Jadrup, Folio from the St. Petersburg Muraqqa’

Small Kermanshah Carpet

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

Twenty Four Globular Blue Glass Beads

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

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

Cavalry Battle

Octagonal Pillow with Decoration of Butterflies and Chrysanthemum Sprays

Niche Carpet, Millefleur Type

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

Small Covered Jar with Lions Amidst Scrolling Peony Decor

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

Battle Scene (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Carpet, so-called Serabend

Scene in a Palace, folio from an album

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

Verses from the Sharaf-nama by Nizami, folio from an album

`Imad al-Hasani

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

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, illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

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

A Youth under a Canopy, folio from a manuscript

Verses about Separation from the Beloved, folio from an album

Malik al-Daylami

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

'Abd al-Rahim Afsar

Small Vessel in the Form of a Shoe

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).

Bookbinding

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

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)

Malefactor Being Beaten, folio from an album

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

Persian Text (recto and verso), folio from an unidentified manuscript

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

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)

Krishna Quells the Serpent Kaliya, from a Bhagavata Purana series

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

Illustrated Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Sultan Muhammad

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).

Central Asian(?) Carpet

Eleven-Headed Guanyin

Dragon in foliage