Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.
Persian
Sketch for "The Discoverer" Fresco, Assembly Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York, 1824 - 1879
William Morris Hunt
Inscription (recto and verso), 1830 - 1896
Frederic Leighton
Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (notes, right page), 1928 - 2014
Otto Piene
Pen Box with Erotic Scenes in Medallions on Floral Ground
Muhammad `Ali
Compressed Globular Bottle with Long Neck and Decoration of Rolling Waves
Chinese
Small Covered Jar with Decoration of Three Auspicious Emblems Set against a Landscape of Towering Mountains and Rolling Waves
Chinese
Diana, 1613 - 1680
Henri Bellange
Madame Gautreau (Madame X), 1856 - 1925
John Singer Sargent
Plum Blossoms, Rock, and Orchids -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Plum Blossom Branch and Rocks -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Rock in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Rocks in Circular Fan Shape -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
White and Pink Plum Blossoms -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Bird on a Branch Reaching for an Insect -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Two Birds on a Flowering Branch -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Lotus Leaf, Root, and Sprouts -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Plum Blossom Branch and Rocks -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Plum Blossoms and Flowering Branch -- Illustration from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting (Shizhuzhai shuhua pu), c. 1582 -1672
Hu Zhengyan 胡正言
Kamsa Sending Akrura to Fetch Krishna to Mathura (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Indian