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Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text recto), illustrated folio (24) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text recto), illustrated folio (24) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

Battle Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (195) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Battle Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (195) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Persian

Battle Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (198) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Battle Scene (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (198) from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Persian

Fox Disguised as a Dervish (painting, verso; text, recto of folio 41), illustrated folio from the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi

Fox Disguised as a Dervish (painting, verso; text, recto of folio 41), illustrated folio from the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi

Ottoman

A Butcher Shop (painting, verso; text, recto of folio 29), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi

A Butcher Shop (painting, verso; text, recto of folio 29), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Rawda al-Ushshaq (Garden of Lovers) of Arifi

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

Lion Devouring a Boar

Lion Devouring a Boar, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

The Falcon

The Falcon, 1802 - 1873

Edwin Henry Landseer

Study for the Head of Christ

Study for the Head of Christ, 1528 - 1612

Federico Barocci

Standing Male Nude, Saint John the Evangelist with a Bishop or Abbot Saint; verso: Seated Male Nude

Standing Male Nude, Saint John the Evangelist with a Bishop or Abbot Saint; verso: Seated Male Nude, 1503 - 1540

Parmigianino

One Page from the Ksitigarbha-Bodhisattva-Pranidhana-Sutra (Sutra of the Oath of the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha)

One Page from the Ksitigarbha-Bodhisattva-Pranidhana-Sutra (Sutra of the Oath of the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha), 1418 - 1453

Attributed to Prince Yi Yong (An-p'yŏng Tae-kun, Prince An-p'yŏng)

Bottle

Bottle

Graeco-Roman

X-radiograph(s) of "Bartolomeo di Niccolo"

X-radiograph(s) of "Bartolomeo di Niccolo"

Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine

Stone capital with carved leaves and pinecones

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

Stone capital carved with leaves, pinecone, and human faces

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

A blue-green cast bronze vessel that has a wide, stout foot, a stout body, a large spout that has the head of a wide-mouthed tiger on top, and is covered in fine inscribed swirling lines.

'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Tiger and Owl Decor

Chinese

A standing cast bronze rectangle box with four tall legs. The outside walls of the box are decorated with a fine engraved swirling pattern, two thin forms along the top, and protruding bumps along the side edges and bottom. The corner edges protrude out.

'Fangding' Ritual Food Vessel with Abstract Decor

Chinese

A grey cast bronze box-shaped vessel with a sloped lid. The entire piece is inscribed with detailed, swirling designs with the bottom-center having a goat-like inscription.

'Fangyi' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Chinese

A cast bronze cup that has a long handle that slopes upward. The handle is decorated with finely engraved lines. The cup is mottled bright green and grey.

'Shao' Ritual Wine Ladle

Chinese

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