Mystical Journey
Persian
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 , 15th -16th century
Attributed to Bihzad
Courtier Raja Anup Rai Intercepting a Lion Attack, with Mughal Emperor Jahangir and Prince Khurram, drawing (verso); Calligraphy (recto)
Attributed to Abu’l Hasan
Almanac
Singhalese
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Bifolio from an Album of Calligraphic Exercises
Scribe: Al-Hajj al-‘Arif
Paintings (recto and verso), folio 19 from an album
Indian
Folio 10 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Hero on horseback fighting a dragon (recto); Couple entertained on a terrace by musicians and dancers (verso)
Persian
Folio 11 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Yusuf sold into slavery (recto); Horseman with raised crop (verso)
Persian
Folio 14 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: vendor and hat maker (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 15 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: tailor and man with washboard (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 24 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Mir Fenderesky and Shaykh Bistam (recto); Two drawings of women: dancer; cupbearer (verso)
Persian
Folio 25 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two sheets: seated boy; seated cleric (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 38 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets with sketches of people, and sun and lion motifs (recto); Blank page (verso)
Persian
Folio 39 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: women delousing children; women with European man; women with nursing child (recto); Fingernail drawing: child in classical garb (verso)
Persian