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The Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Iskandarnama) by Nizami

The Prophet Muhammad's Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Iskandarnama) by Nizami

Persian

Coin of Berytos under Elagabalus

Coin of Berytos under Elagabalus, r. 218 - 222 CE

Elagabalus

Coin of Berytos under Elagabalus

Coin of Berytos under Elagabalus, r. 218 - 222 CE

Elagabalus

Print of bridge seen from a distance

Old Westminster Bridge, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

A rectangular textile fragment depicting a person on a red horse facing right above a person on a green horse facing left, bordered by two vertical multicolored stripes.

Band with Two Figures on Horseback

Byzantine

Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Aureus of Hadrian, Rome, r. 117-138 CE

Hadrian

Six-sided enameled box painted with scenes of figures and animals.

Salt Cellar with Allegorical Scenes

Unidentified Artist

Man handing cup to man on horseback outside building

The White Horse Tavern, 1791 - 1824

Théodore Géricault

A full body portrait of a man beside a brightly covered table.

Joseph-Antoine de Nogent, 1780 - 1867

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

A desert scene following a battle in which, robed figures lift dead bodies of slain comrades away onto horses.

Arab Horsemen Carrying Away Their Dead, 1819 - 1856

Théodore Chassériau

Two earthenware figurines of a man and woman riding horses. The man wears a tall hat and the woman hears her hair on top of her head. Both are wearing a wrapped jacket and pants. Each horse has their four hooves connected by a small plinthe.

Two Equestrian Figures, One Male with a Tall, Elaborately Embellished Hat, One Female with Hair in a Topknot, Both with Pointed Boots, and Hands Positioned to Hold the Reins of their Standing, Saddled Horses

Chinese

Vertical scene of groups of Chinese people wearing robes, doing various activities that meander from bottom towards the top.

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, 1790 - 1838

Maruyama Ōshin 円山応震

Coin of Berytos

Coin of Berytos

Greek

Tea Service: Sugar Bowl with Lid

Tea Service: Sugar Bowl with Lid

Unidentified Artist

Band with Nereids and Animals in Medallions

Band with Nereids and Animals in Medallions

Byzantine

“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”

“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

The head and torso of a woman within a domed frame.

Plaque of the Goddess Cybele

Roman

A man facing backwards on a horse as it runs inside a ring

At the Circus: Jockey (Au cirque: Jockey), 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A group of soldiers cutting locks of hair from the heads of a group of bearded men

Tormenting, Humiliating, and Barbering the Jews, born 1941

Murray Zimiles

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphic Portrait of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib

Calligraphy by Ibrahim Danishpishah (Zarin-Qalam)

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