Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
Silk Banner

Silk Banner

Islamic

Marbled Cow and Calf

Marbled Cow and Calf

Indian

Bowl with Bird in Center and Radiating Palmettes

Bowl with Bird in Center and Radiating Palmettes

Persian

Bowl with abstract motifs

Bowl with abstract motifs

Persian

Tethered Lion

Tethered Lion

Attributed to Abd al-Aziz

Tile with inscription in relief

Tile with inscription in relief

Persian

Tile with cloud band and spiraling 'Saz'-tendril pattern

Tile with cloud band and spiraling 'Saz'-tendril pattern

Ottoman

Square Tile with Geometric Pattern of Split-Palmettes and Spiralling Tendrils

Square Tile with Geometric Pattern of Split-Palmettes and Spiralling Tendrils

Indian

A variety of large and small seashells rest on sand with a small wave in the background.

Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shiofukigai), from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi), 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript

Two Youths Under a Tree (painting, verso; calligraphy, recto), folio from a manuscript, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Attributed to Mir `Ali Haravi

Seated Princess with a Spray of Flowers (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Seated Princess with a Spray of Flowers (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album, active 16th century

Attributed to Mirza ‘Ali

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Persian

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

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

Mughal

Salary record from a Nara Buddhist scriptorium

Salary record from a Nara Buddhist scriptorium

Japanese

Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)

Buddha at Birth (Tanjō Butsu)

Japanese

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Japanese

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Japanese

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Japanese

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Japanese

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Page from Illustrated Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months on Fans with Poems (Jūnikagetsu kachō waka), poems written by famous nobles and calligraphers

Japanese

<<<35363738 >>>