Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Persian
Seated Sadhu
Indian
Portrait of a Kneeling Man Wearing a Beaded Rosary
Indian
Two Female Musicians
Indian
Portrait of a Kneeling Man with a Hookah
Indian
Portrait of a Seated Man with a Water Pipe
Indian
Tomb Figurine in the Form of a Seated Female Musician Playing a Pan Flute (Paixiao)
Chinese
Tomb Figurine in the Form of a Standing Humped Bull
Chinese
Small bowl decorated with dots
Syrian
“A Fairy Riding a Magical Stag (painting recto of folio 2) and “Depiction of ‘Umar ‘Ayyar (painting verso of folio 2), illustrated folio from an album of illustrations of Hamzanama”
Indian
Mahan confronted by demons finds his horse transformed into a seven-headed dragon (text recto; painting verso of folio 224), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Persian
Merman (painting, recto), Anteater (painting, verso), folio 26 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Ottoman
Horse (painting, recto), Wildcat (painting, verso), folio 86 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Ottoman
Zinc White
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Watercolor Tube: Gamboge
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Raymond Diocrès Speaking during his Funeral Rites, after le Sueur