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Roman

Qajar Youth Seated against Cushions (pricked drawing)

Qajar Youth Seated against Cushions (pricked drawing)

Persian

Quatrefoil Fibula

Quatrefoil Fibula

Italic

Quatrefoil Fibula

Quatrefoil Fibula

Italic

Standing Female Figure of Spike Type

Standing Female Figure of Spike Type

Syro-Hittite

Battle Scene (painting, recto), folio fragment from a Bhagavata Purana series

Battle Scene (painting, recto), folio fragment from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Lower Left Leg of a Statuette

Lower Left Leg of a Statuette

Cycladic

Lekythos (oil flask): Visit at Tomb

Lekythos (oil flask): Visit at Tomb

Greek

Drinking cup (kylix): Iris presents a warrior to Zeus(?); Warrior's departure

Drinking cup (kylix): Iris presents a warrior to Zeus(?); Warrior's departure, active c. 475 BCE-450 BCE

Attributed to The Penthesilea Painter

Fragmentary Pin

Fragmentary Pin

Greek

A textile fragment showing a roundel with a red center and a dark blue border. The border contains horizontal stripes of various colors and the roundel has a multicolored pattern of hearts, flowers, and vines.

Roundel with Multicolored Ivy Leaves

Byzantine

Three Fragments of an Arciform Pendent Eaves-End Roof Tile with Scrolling Floral Decor and with a Border of Bosses or Pearls

Three Fragments of an Arciform Pendent Eaves-End Roof Tile with Scrolling Floral Decor and with a Border of Bosses or Pearls

Japanese

Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)

Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)

Chinese

Five sheet fragments with birds and other animal studies: parrots, kingfisher, bat, fish, rooster, guinea pig.

Five sheet fragments with birds and other animal studies: parrots, kingfisher, bat, fish, rooster, guinea pig.

Unidentified Artist

Fragment of a Ceramic Mold for Casting the Lower Section of a Bronze Ritual "Gu" Wine Beaker with "Taotie" and "Leiwen" Decor

Fragment of a Ceramic Mold for Casting the Lower Section of a Bronze Ritual "Gu" Wine Beaker with "Taotie" and "Leiwen" Decor

Chinese

Kiln Waster: Fragment of a Tea Bowl with Hare's-Fur Markings and with Large Adhesions of Saggars on the Interior and Exterior Walls

Kiln Waster: Fragment of a Tea Bowl with Hare's-Fur Markings and with Large Adhesions of Saggars on the Interior and Exterior Walls

Chinese

Fragment of a Stupa Railing (?) with relief carvings of Jataka Tales and a Chakravartin, in the Amaravati style, from Guntur District, Madras

Fragment of a Stupa Railing (?) with relief carvings of Jataka Tales and a Chakravartin, in the Amaravati style, from Guntur District, Madras

Indian

Fragment of an Illuminated Folio from a Qur'an: Part Four of the Tenth Juz' (recto), Sura 9: 41 (verso)

Fragment of an Illuminated Folio from a Qur'an: Part Four of the Tenth Juz' (recto), Sura 9: 41 (verso)

Arab

Poetry (recto), Iskandarnama of Nizami (verso), folio 69 from a Manuscript of Fragments of Mathnavis by `Attar and Nizami

Poetry (recto), Iskandarnama of Nizami (verso), folio 69 from a Manuscript of Fragments of Mathnavis by `Attar and Nizami

Persian

Folio 2 from a Fragment of a Qur'an: Sura 4: 24-25 (recto), Sura 4: 25 (verso)

Folio 2 from a Fragment of a Qur'an: Sura 4: 24-25 (recto), Sura 4: 25 (verso)

Egyptian

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