Bookbinding with Panels of Cut Leather

Persian

Bookbinding

Persian

Kali Quaffs Blood in the Pallava Camp (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript

Indian

Shiva's Half-Body Form (Shiva Ardhanareshvara) (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Attributed to Jai Kisan of Malpura

Shiva Riding Nandi in a Procession with Other Hindu Gods and Goddesses (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

Indian

Hanuman Before Rama, Sita and Lakshmana (painting, recto), Illustration from a Ramayana Series

Indian

Bangali Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Rustam Rescues Bizhan from the Pit, folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama

Persian

Krishna and Yudhishthira discuss the Great War, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 74 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

A Man and Two Ladies Talking (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiyya series

Indian

Sa'di's Visit to an Indian Temple, from a manuscript of the Bustan of Sa'di

Uzbek

Hebrew Script, attached bifolio

The Return of Zal, Rustam and Gudarz (painting, recto); The Story of Luhrasp (text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Mu’in Musavvir

Yusuf Entertained by Zulaykha's Maids, folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami

Persian

Didactic Verses (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan by Sa'di

Persian

Didactic Verses (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan by Sa'di

Persian

Didactic Verses (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan by Sa'di

Persian

Didactic Verses (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Bustan by Sa'di

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Persian