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A frowning man with furrowed eyebrows lunges forward looking to the right.

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō), 1839 - 1892

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年

Tethered Camel and Rider (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Tethered Camel and Rider (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, 16th century

Drawing attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali

Three Youths on a Garden Terrace, painting and calligraphy (verso); calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi (recto), folio from an Anthology of Poetry

Three Youths on a Garden Terrace, painting and calligraphy (verso); calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi (recto), folio from an Anthology of Poetry, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Mir `Ali Haravi

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

Calligraphy by 'Abd al-Rahim Afsar

Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligrapher's License, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Malik al-Vahab Mustafa Rafai

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphy by Ibrahim Danishpishah (Zarin-Qalam)

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Calligraphy by Shah Mahmud al-Nayshaburi

Verses by Hafiz (recto and verso), folio from an album

Verses by Hafiz (recto and verso), folio from an album

Calligraphy by Muhammad al-Abrishami al-Mashhadi

Didactic Verses by Sa'di, folio from an album

Didactic Verses by Sa'di, folio from an album

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali al-Katib al-Sultani

Four Verses about Mystical Love, folio from an album

Four Verses about Mystical Love, folio from an album

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

Two scroll fragments: Illustration and Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Two scroll fragments: Illustration and Calligraphic Section of "Korean Acrobats Performing on Horseback"

Japanese

Bookbinding for a Qur'an

Bookbinding for a Qur'an

Persian

Calligraphy: Calligraphic design (W99); verso: Calligraphic design

Calligraphy: Calligraphic design (W99); verso: Calligraphic design, 1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

Calligraphy: Calligraphic design (W98); verso: Calligraphic design

Calligraphy: Calligraphic design (W98); verso: Calligraphic design, 1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

Calligraphy: Getaniro Irro-Anglorer..., c. 1961, (W96)

Calligraphy: Getaniro Irro-Anglorer..., c. 1961, (W96), 1943 - 1987

Christopher Wilmarth

Figures from the Annunciation (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso)

Figures from the Annunciation (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso)

Sadiqi Beg

Three Boys Looking at an Oritehon (Folding Calligraphy Copybook)

Three Boys Looking at an Oritehon (Folding Calligraphy Copybook), 1711 - 1785

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信

"One-Finger Zen" of Monk Chü-chih

"One-Finger Zen" of Monk Chü-chih, 1608 - 1646

Isshi Bunshu

Tale of the Pagoda Made of Sand, Text Fragment from the Illustrated "Tales of Three Jewels" (Sambō-ekotoba) from Tōdai-ji, Nara

Tale of the Pagoda Made of Sand, Text Fragment from the Illustrated "Tales of Three Jewels" (Sambō-ekotoba) from Tōdai-ji, Nara, 1055 - 1129

Traditionally attributed to Minamoto no Toshiyori

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