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Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 57, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg

Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 57, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg, died 1545

Author: Yahya Beg

Folio 55 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: portrait bust of a Qajar courtier; sketches of figures (recto); Woman in European dress with attendants  (verso)

Folio 55 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: portrait bust of a Qajar courtier; sketches of figures (recto); Woman in European dress with attendants (verso)

Persian

Wildcat (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 22 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Wildcat (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 22 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Tapir (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 23 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Tapir (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 23 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Cactus (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 48 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Cactus (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 48 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Painting ,verso; Text, recto of folio 45, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg

Painting ,verso; Text, recto of folio 45, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg, died 1545

Author: Yahya Beg

Painting, recto; Text , verso of folio 54, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg

Painting, recto; Text , verso of folio 54, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Manuscript of the Kitab-i-Shah u Geda (The Shah and the Beggar) by Yahya Beg, died 1545

Author: Yahya Beg

Folio 19 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two scenes from literature: Nushirvan and the Owls; Khusraw spies Shirin bathing (recto); Blank page (verso)

Folio 19 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two scenes from literature: Nushirvan and the Owls; Khusraw spies Shirin bathing (recto); Blank page (verso)

Persian

Folio 34 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets with sketches of people and animals (recto); Lion attacking a cow, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Folio 34 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets with sketches of people and animals (recto); Lion attacking a cow, framed by colored paper borders (verso)

Persian

Folio 53 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Figures in porticoes surrounding fruit trees (recto); Five drawings of flowers framed by a colored paper border (verso)

Folio 53 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Figures in porticoes surrounding fruit trees (recto); Five drawings of flowers framed by a colored paper border (verso)

Persian

Folio 23 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: bird and flower designs for a penbox; polylobed cartouche enclosing couple (recto); Blank page (verso)

Folio 23 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: bird and flower designs for a penbox; polylobed cartouche enclosing couple (recto); Blank page (verso)

Persian

Folio 36 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Four drawings; two designs for penboxes; head of a bearded man; seated dervish (recto); Blank page (verso)

Folio 36 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Four drawings; two designs for penboxes; head of a bearded man; seated dervish (recto); Blank page (verso)

Persian

Bird (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 12 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Bird (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 12 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Ghazals (recto and verso),  Beauty of the Beloved (painting, verso), folio 120 from a Manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with Two 19th-Century Miniatures Added

Ghazals (recto and verso), Beauty of the Beloved (painting, verso), folio 120 from a Manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz with Two 19th-Century Miniatures Added

Persian

AMPHORA,SMALL. A MALE FIGURE,CLOSELY WRAPPED IN ST ANDING 1. IN WHITE PAINT, OVER BLACK VARNISH,DETAI LS INCISED.ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE TRACES OF A

AMPHORA,SMALL. A MALE FIGURE,CLOSELY WRAPPED IN ST ANDING 1. IN WHITE PAINT, OVER BLACK VARNISH,DETAI LS INCISED.ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE TRACES OF A

Italic

Siyavush is Brought before Afrasiyab, as Farangis Pleads for his Life (text recto; painting verso of folio 135), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Siyavush is Brought before Afrasiyab, as Farangis Pleads for his Life (text recto; painting verso of folio 135), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

Untitled (front endpaper, left page); Untitled (signature, right page)

Untitled (front endpaper, left page); Untitled (signature, right page)

German

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled ("Watts Towers," right page)

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled ("Watts Towers," right page)

German

Untitled ("Berlin Super Star" laser inflatable, two-page spread)

Untitled ("Berlin Super Star" laser inflatable, two-page spread)

German

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (calculations and notes, right page)

Untitled (notes, left page); Untitled (calculations and notes, right page)

German

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