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The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 1

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 1

Chinese

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 2

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 2

Chinese

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 3

The Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan hua zhuan), Series 3

Chinese

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated figure blowing into a small, thin instrument with eight grey and white snakes slithering nearby. Behind them is a rocky landscape with trees. There is script writing above the image

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

Jai Kisan of Malpura

Painting (recto), Text (verso), folio 32 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Painting (recto), Text (verso), folio 32 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts

Ottoman

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

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

Indian

An ink and watercolor drawing of a white man, with text above and below the illustration.

English Man (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hubanname

Ottoman

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

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

Indian

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Nightmare of Zahhak (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Calligraphy by Shah Mahmud al-Nayshaburi

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

A Man and a Lion in a Rocky Landscape (painting, recto; calligraphy, verso), folio from an album

Persian

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a standing woman on a landscape background with writing above her head and framed by the blank tan page. She wears a long gown that is purple and blue on top and white at the bottom. She wears a large white hat with many details on it.

Russian Woman (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Zenanname

Ottoman

Cover design by Samuel Szczekacz for an IDF publication incorporating the painting Composition, no. 6 [of 1937]

Cover design by Samuel Szczekacz for an IDF publication incorporating the painting Composition, no. 6 [of 1937], 1917 - 1983

Samuel Szczekacz

Krishna and Radha Embrace during a Storm (recto); Priests Worship Shrinathji (verso); folio from a royal Kota-Jaipur album

Krishna and Radha Embrace during a Storm (recto); Priests Worship Shrinathji (verso); folio from a royal Kota-Jaipur album

Indian

Two Studies for a Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson

Two Studies for a Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Todi Ragini, Illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Todi Ragini, Illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

A flat, lusterware tile that is in the shape of an eight pointed star. It is colored a dark brown/grey with a white, patterned band framing the inside of the star shape. White lines make a symmetrical, swirling floral pattern in the center of the piece.

Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription

Persian

Large Bowl with prancing feline motif

Large Bowl with prancing feline motif

Syrian

Bowl with scenes of figures on horseback

Mina'i Bowl with Horsemen, Seated Figures and Harpies, and Pseudo-inscription around the Exterior

Persian

A flat, lusterware tile that is in the shape of an eight pointed star. It is colored a dark brown/grey with a white, patterned band framing the inside of the star shape. White lines make a symmetrical, swirling floral pattern in the center of the piece.

Star Tile with Vegetal Motifs and Inscription

Persian

Bowl with Vegetal and Fish Decoration

Bowl with Vegetal and Fish Decoration

Syrian

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