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Rectangular wool cloth depicting animals in a pattern of repeated circles

Cuff Band: Stylized Animals

Byzantine

Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana

Vishnu Saves Gajendra, the Elephant King, from the Crocodile Demon (painting, recto), illustration of the Gajendra Moksha (The Liberation of the Elephant King Gajendra) chapter from the Bhagavata Purana

Indian

Todi Ragini

Todi Ragini

Indian

Three black-and-white prints portray the composite image of an artist in her studio.

Scene 5: The Studio, born 1983

LaToya M. Hobbs

Pen Box with Birds, Flowers, and Butterflies

Pen Box with Birds, Flowers, and Butterflies

A rectangular textile fragment showing two vertical bands in black depicting lions, rabbits, riders, dancers/hunters, birds, and flowers on a yellowed, off-white ground.

Tunic Front: Riders and Dancers

Byzantine

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a standing woman who is dressed in a long white dress and veil behind her head. The woman stands in the center and is looking down at a bush with jewelry and flowers on it. Behind her are some trees and in front of her is dark, waving water. The piece is framed with a thin, floral frame.

Vipralabdha Nayika Casts off Her Jewelry into a Bed of Flowers

Indian

Radha Confiding in Her Companion, folio from a Rasikapriya series

Radha Confiding in Her Companion, folio from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

An ink and watercolor painting of a standing woman on a blue, patterned background. She wears a long patterned purple dress and striped white cloth that covers her hair, shoulders, and drapes down along her side and back. She holds a small golden bowl in one hand and her face in another.

Lady Holding a Golden Dish

Ottoman

“Gainchie”, folio from the album, Fishes of India

“Gainchie”, folio from the album, Fishes of India

Indian

Ewer with Short, Flaring Neck, Short Spout, and Handle in the Form of a Leaping Lion

Ewer with Short, Flaring Neck, Short Spout, and Handle in the Form of a Leaping Lion

Chinese

Sketchbook ("Rouen/ Dijon/ Lyons"): Portrait Studies

Sketchbook ("Rouen/ Dijon/ Lyons"): Portrait Studies, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Sea Serpent (al-Tannin)

Sea Serpent (al-Tannin)

The Fox's Fear (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 314 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

The Fox's Fear (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 314 from a manuscript of the Divan (Collection of Works) of Anvari

Attributed to Miskin

Tapestry with four brown squares in the center and brown bands at the bottom and top

Large Cover or Shroud

Coptic

Textile Fragment: Animals and Figures Around Vegetation

Textile Fragment: Animals and Figures Around Vegetation

Byzantine

Album of Figure Studies

Album of Figure Studies, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Album of calligraphy specimens

Album of calligraphy specimens

An Album of Persian Paintings and Drawings

An Album of Persian Paintings and Drawings

Persian

Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhsan al-Asrar) by Nizami

Persian

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