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Rustam, Zal and other Pahlavans Pay Homage to Kay Khusrau (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Rustam, Zal and other Pahlavans Pay Homage to Kay Khusrau (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

Illustrated Manuscript of poetry by Maktabi Shirazi, Vahshi Bafqi, and Naw’i Khabushani

Illustrated Manuscript of poetry by Maktabi Shirazi, Vahshi Bafqi, and Naw’i Khabushani

Persian

Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar

Firman of Muhammad Shah Qajar

Persian

An Image of Majnun with Verses from the Poem Layla va Majnun

An Image of Majnun with Verses from the Poem Layla va Majnun

Persian

Souvenir Story of the Hakone Hot Springs (Onsen Miyage Hakone-gusa)

Souvenir Story of the Hakone Hot Springs (Onsen Miyage Hakone-gusa), 1790 - 1848

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Fifty Nō Plays, Illustrated (Yōkyoku gojū-ban) in 10 Volumes

Fifty Nō Plays, Illustrated (Yōkyoku gojū-ban) in 10 Volumes, 1617 - 1691

Signed by Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起

Illustrated Story of Yuriwaka (Yuriwaka Daijin) in 3 Volumes

Illustrated Story of Yuriwaka (Yuriwaka Daijin) in 3 Volumes

Japanese

The Forty-two Quarrels, illustrated, with text (Shijūni no monoarasoi)

The Forty-two Quarrels, illustrated, with text (Shijūni no monoarasoi)

Japanese

The Return from the Flight into Egypt

The Return from the Flight into Egypt

Muhammad Zaman

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Gaily Illustrated Story of Mid-Heian Court Life (Utsubo monogatari)

Japanese

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2: mid 229 - mid 231 (recto), Sura 2: 231- begin 233 (verso)

Arab

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 28: mid 78 - begin 79 (recto), Sura 28: mid 79 - mid 80 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Arab

A rectangular scroll depicting a tall rock form with a man looking up at it. The scroll has much writing in Chinese at the top.

The Chinese Scholar Mi Fu (1051-1107) Paying Homage to a Fantastic Rock, 1808 - 1893

Hŏ Ryŏn 허련 許鍊 (also known as So-ch'i and Ma-hil)

Portrait of a bearded man with a frown and furrowed brow, simple lines define his seated body.　　

Daruma, 1568 - c. 1654

Fūgai Ekun 風外慧薫

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