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Rustam Sleeps While Rakhsh Battles a Lion (text recto; painting verso of folio 79), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Sleeps While Rakhsh Battles a Lion (text recto; painting verso of folio 79), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Indian

Rustam Defeats Barzu and Takes Him as Prisoner (painting recto; text verso of folio 250), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Rustam Defeats Barzu and Takes Him as Prisoner (painting recto; text verso of folio 250), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Iranians Defeat the Army of Afrasiyab with the Help of Rustam (text recto; painting verso of folio 235), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

The Iranians Defeat the Army of Afrasiyab with the Help of Rustam (text recto; painting verso of folio 235), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

An old man thrown down by his beloved (text recto, painting verso of folio 73) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

An old man thrown down by his beloved (text recto, painting verso of folio 73) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread)

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread)

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread)

Untitled (designs for rainbow mural, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread)

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread)

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread)

Untitled (abstract watercolor experimentation, two-page spread), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Painting, from the series Comparisons of the Artistic Pride of Precious Children (Gei jiman kodakara awase), One of Seven Lucky Treasures (shichifuku no uchi)

Painting, from the series Comparisons of the Artistic Pride of Precious Children (Gei jiman kodakara awase), One of Seven Lucky Treasures (shichifuku no uchi), d. 1806

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Verses Praising the Ascetic Life, calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, with elaborate figural paintings in the border by an unknown artist, folio from the Gulshan Album

Verses Praising the Ascetic Life, calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi, with elaborate figural paintings in the border by an unknown artist, folio from the Gulshan Album, Calligrapher, active late 15th to first half of 16th century

Calligraphy by Mir `Ali Haravi

Text (recto), Muzdalifa and al-Mash`ar al-Haram (painting with text, verso), folio 29 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts.

Text (recto), Muzdalifa and al-Mash`ar al-Haram (painting with text, verso), folio 29 from a Manuscript of a Majmu`a of Persian Texts.

Ottoman

Drawing of two men on either side of a plant with Arabic writing above and below them

Warrior and Physician with the Plant Kestron (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Arab

Krishna kidnaps Rukmini, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 53 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna kidnaps Rukmini, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 53 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Mihras, the Envoy of Ceasar, Offers Nushirvan the Treasure of Rum (text, recto; painting and text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Persian

The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

The Angels Who Pray for the King, Introduction (frontispiece painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni

A pile of six dried fish with open mouths rest on a brown table.

Smoked Herring, 1812 - 1879

John William Hill

The Hen and Chickens Lightship off Westport, Massachusetts

The Hen and Chickens Lightship off Westport, Massachusetts, 1840 - 1905

Robert Swain Gifford

Rocks on the Shore

Rocks on the Shore, 1833 - 1905

William Trost Richards

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