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Hexagonal Tile with Birds amid Palmette Blossoms and Serrated Leaves

Hexagonal Tile with Birds amid Palmette Blossoms and Serrated Leaves

Ottoman

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Syrian

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Panel of Three Tiles with Inscription in a cartouche and floral motifs

Syrian

Two Fragments of a Semi-Cylindrical Eaves-End Roof Tile with Steeply Canted, Elliptical End Panel with a Lightly Recessed Medallion Featuring Abstract Decor, the Semi-Cylindrical Tile's Exterior Surface with a Stamped Pattern of Concentric Arcs

Two Fragments of a Semi-Cylindrical Eaves-End Roof Tile with Steeply Canted, Elliptical End Panel with a Lightly Recessed Medallion Featuring Abstract Decor, the Semi-Cylindrical Tile's Exterior Surface with a Stamped Pattern of Concentric Arcs

Korean

Self-portrait of the Painter Husayn

Self-portrait of the Painter Husayn

Husayn Naqqash

Twelve Polychrome Lustre Ceramic Sherds

Twelve Polychrome Lustre Ceramic Sherds

Egyptian

Eight Sherds

Eight Sherds

Islamic

Brown copper dish with Qur’anic inscription and human-faced fish

Dish with Qur'anic Inscription

Indian

Episodes from the Story of Siyavush (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Episodes from the Story of Siyavush (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Episodes from the Story of Mahuy (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Episodes from the Story of Mahuy (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Burial of Yazdigird (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Trial by Fire of Siyavush (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Transcription of “Je plains le temps de ma jeunesse” by François Villon; verso: Architectural Sketches (?)

Transcription of “Je plains le temps de ma jeunesse” by François Villon; verso: Architectural Sketches (?), 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Large 'Hunping' Funerary Jar with Tiered Top Representing Birds, Beasts, and Figures Set in an Architectural Complex

Large 'Hunping' Funerary Jar with Tiered Top Representing Birds, Beasts, and Figures Set in an Architectural Complex

Chinese

View of a Street Bordered by Houses Descending into a Town, Surrounded by a Wall (N.H.)

View of a Street Bordered by Houses Descending into a Town, Surrounded by a Wall (N.H.), 1528/32 - 1605

Joannes van Doetecum

View of a Palace with Inner Courtyard on the Left and Facing Garden with Fountain (N.H.)

View of a Palace with Inner Courtyard on the Left and Facing Garden with Fountain (N.H.), 1528/32 - 1605

Joannes van Doetecum

View of a Harbor-canal, on the Left a Crane and on the Right a Colonnaded Building (N.H.)

View of a Harbor-canal, on the Left a Crane and on the Right a Colonnaded Building (N.H.), active 1554 - 1579/89

Lucas van Doetecum

Sheet 96: From an architectural drawing (cross braces between the pillars of the dome)

Sheet 96: From an architectural drawing (cross braces between the pillars of the dome), active 1850s - 1870s

John Wood

Sheet 97: From an architectural drawing (cross braces between the pillars of the dome)

Sheet 97: From an architectural drawing (cross braces between the pillars of the dome), active 1850s - 1870s

John Wood

Sheet 33: From an architectural drawing (steps to main entrances on eastern fronts)

Sheet 33: From an architectural drawing (steps to main entrances on eastern fronts), active 1850s - 1870s

John Wood

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