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Selection (Sixteen Folios) from the Bustan (Orchard) by Sa`di

Selection (Sixteen Folios) from the Bustan (Orchard) by Sa`di

Persian

Funerary model of a well head

Funerary model of a well head

Chinese

Industrial Problems, Coöperation: Italy. Milan. Coöperative Stores: Coöperative Societies, Italy: "Enopolio" the old castle and vineyard, belonging to the Society. It contains wine-cellars, a large banquet and reception hall. 2000 bottles can be filled, labelled and corked per hour at Enopolio, which "is the largest wine depository in Italy".

Industrial Problems, Coöperation: Italy. Milan. Coöperative Stores: Coöperative Societies, Italy: "Enopolio" the old castle and vineyard, belonging to the Society. It contains wine-cellars, a large banquet and reception hall. 2000 bottles can be filled, labelled and corked per hour at Enopolio, which "is the largest wine depository in Italy".

Unidentified Artist

Fragment with Jewelled Cross

Fragment with Jewelled Cross

Byzantine

Reign of Kay Kavus (recto, verso), illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Reign of Kay Kavus (recto, verso), illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Indian

Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Warriors in Ambush Crouching in Trees

Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Two Warriors in Ambush Crouching in Trees

Attributed to The Goettingen Painter

It's the Day for the Garden (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 173 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

It's the Day for the Garden (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 173 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Ascribed to Mahesh

Saber blade inscribed by Asad Allah

Saber blade inscribed by Asad Allah

Signed by Asad Allah

Pen Box with Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground

Pen Box with Portrait Medallions on Floral Ground

Muhammad Sadiq

Covered Jar

Covered Jar

Unidentified Artist

Covered Jar

Covered Jar

Unidentified Artist

Covered Jar

Covered Jar

Unidentified Artist

A dark bronze sculpture of a man seated with his leg crossed and his head on his hand.

Crowned, Pensive Bodhisattva, Probably Mirŭk Posal (Bodhisattva Maitreya), Seated with the Left Leg Pendant, the Right Ankle Resting on the Left Knee, the Left foot Resting on a Lotus Blossom, the Right Hand Supporting the Chin

Korean

A gilt bronze sculpture of a man standing on a decorated pedestal.

Buddha Standing on an Octagonal, Double-Lotus Base with His Right Hand Raised in the Abhaya-mudra and His Left Hand Lowered in the Varada-mudra, Probably the Buddha Shakyamuni (Sŏk'kamoni Yŏrae)

Korean

A gilt bronze sculpture of a man standing on a dark pedestal.

Standing Buddha with Right Hand Lowered and with Left Hand Raised

Korean

A gilt bronze sculpture of a man wearing a crown and standing on a pedestal.

Crowned Bodhisattva, Probably Taeseji Posal (Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta), Standing on a Heptagonal, Double-Lotus Base, the Bodhisattva's Right Hand Raised, the Left Hand Lowered

Korean

A gilt bronze square box with two doors that open to an image of a seated man surrounded by other people.

Portable Buddhist Shrine with Two Removable Standing Bodhisattvas, a Lotus Base for a Seated Buddha Image (now missing), a Repoussé Panel Depicting the Buddha Amitabha (Amit'abul), and Repoussé Panels on the Doors Representing Guardian Figures

Korean

A figure wears a helmet and holds a shield aloft.

Panathenaic Prize Amphora (storage jar)

Attributed to the Marsyas Painter

A mottled dirty white stone box resting on a stone base topped with a peaked roof and decorated with protruding palm leaf designs on each side.

Cinerarium (ash urn)

Roman

A gilt bronze sculpture of a man seated with two smaller people standing by his side on a decorated pedestal.

Buddhist Triad: Amitabha Buddha Seated on a Lotus Throne with His Hands Held in the 'Bhŭmisparsa-mudrâ' and Flanked by Two Standing Bodhisattvas, Presumably Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta

Korean

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