Illuminated title page: opening verses of the Shahnama, folio from a manuscript of the Shanama by Firdawsi
Persian
Cistophorus of Sardis
Greek
Pompadour at Her Toilette, 1703 - 1770
François Boucher
Street Incidents: A Series of Twenty-one Permanent Photographs, with Descriptive Letter-Press, 1837 - 1921
John Thomson
Band with Dancers and Plant Motifs
Byzantine
Covered tripod cauldron (ding)
Chinese
Christ on the Cross, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Cardinal Torquemada, c. 1400 - 1455
Fra Angelico
Punch Bowl
Unidentified Artist
The Message, 1841 - 1919
Edward Lamson Henry
Non-Canonical Text Devoted to Jizō Bosatsu (Bussetsu Jizō Bosatsukyō)
Japanese
Text of the Twenty-Fifth Chapter (Kanzeon Bosatsu Fumonbon) of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō Rengekyō)
Japanese
Non-Canonical Sutra Booklet without Title Page (text begins "Kaku no gotoki")
Japanese
Mirror Case with Flowers, Hazelnuts, Bird, and Butterfly
Band with Humans and Animals in Medallions
Byzantine
Textile Band with Nereids and Animals
Byzantine