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Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad

Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad

Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Old Man with Cane in Rocky Landscape (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Persian

Orchids and Rock

Orchids and Rock, 1832 - 1914

Hak-kyo Chŏng

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Persian

Bowl with Seated Couple

Bowl with Seated Couple

Flat-Rimmed Bowl with Radial Design

Flat-Rimmed Bowl with Radial Design

Cross-shaped Orphrey for a Chasuble Back

Cross-shaped Orphrey for a Chasuble Back

Unidentified Artist

River Landscape: "The Jhelum Below Baramoola" (watercolor, verso); Portrait of a Gentleman (painting, recto)

River Landscape: "The Jhelum Below Baramoola" (watercolor, verso); Portrait of a Gentleman (painting, recto)

Indian

Portrait of the Poet Hafiz, folio from an album

Portrait of the Poet Hafiz, folio from an album

Ottoman

Inkwell

Inkwell

Persian

Maharaja Fateh Singh of Jodhpur

Maharaja Fateh Singh of Jodhpur

Indian

Narayana Enthroned with Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Narayana Enthroned with Lakshmi and Sarasvati

Indian

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a woman sitting on a large chair and holding a flat instrument. She is surrounded by a landscape with trees, rocks, and a building behind her. She wears a long, draped garment with a floating cloth around her.

Woman Playing a Zither (drawing, recto) after a European source; calligraphy (verso) by an unknown artist, 16th century

Basawan

A man with the body of a serpent holds a staff and a fish.

Neck Amphora (storage jar): Nereus (or Triton) with Scepter and Dolphin; Woman Running, 500 BCE - 470 BCE

Attributed to The Berlin Painter

Compressed Globular Bottle with Long Neck and Decoration of Abstract Scrolls

Compressed Globular Bottle with Long Neck and Decoration of Abstract Scrolls

Chinese

Door God: General Qin Qiong (Qin Shubao) in Operatic Stage Costume

Door God: General Qin Qiong (Qin Shubao) in Operatic Stage Costume

Chinese

March: Ships at Sea

March: Ships at Sea, 1621 - 1675

Allart van Everdingen

Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

Tetradrachm of Naxos, Sicily

Greek

Ovoid Vase with Long Neck, Rolled Lip, and Stylized Peony and Lotus Decor

Ovoid Vase with Long Neck, Rolled Lip, and Stylized Peony and Lotus Decor

Chinese

A low, wide mottled purple ceramic basin with small pointed feet and a blue band with small, tan circles widely spaced out along the top lip. The inside is blue.

Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet

Chinese

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