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Wooded Landscape with an Old Oak

Wooded Landscape with an Old Oak, 1628/29 - 1682

Jacob van Ruisdael

The Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare

The Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare, 1852 - 1932

James Leon Williams

Relief fragment from the tomb of Tepemankh

Relief fragment from the tomb of Tepemankh

Egyptian

A molded terracotta sculpture of a standing lion on a short platform. It has a short main, large ears, a flat back, and its tail lies on top of its rear. It is off-white and green in color and the platform is red. It is standing with its mouth open.

Lion

Hurrian

Boites

Boites, 1913 - 2010

Carmelo Arden Quin

Sa‘di, the Beauty, And the Beast (painting recto; text verso of folio 133), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Sa‘di, the Beauty, And the Beast (painting recto; text verso of folio 133), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Saʿdi in A Hindu Temple (painting recto; text verso of folio 144), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Saʿdi in A Hindu Temple (painting recto; text verso of folio 144), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Layla and Majnun in a Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 205), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Layla and Majnun in a Tent (painting recto; text verso of folio 205), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Untitled (blank with color transfers, left page); Untitled (text and bleed-through of following page, right page)

Untitled (blank with color transfers, left page); Untitled (text and bleed-through of following page, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Anvari Entertains in a Summer House (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 109 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Anvari Entertains in a Summer House (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 109 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari, 16th century

Attributed to Basawan

Section from a Buddhist Cosmology (Nihon koku narabini Shumi shoten zu) with text copied by Monk Ryūi

Section from a Buddhist Cosmology (Nihon koku narabini Shumi shoten zu) with text copied by Monk Ryūi, active late 14th-early 15th c.

Monk Ryūyū

Set of Eight Scrolls Containing the Text of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing), the First Scroll with Illustrated Frontispiece

Set of Eight Scrolls Containing the Text of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing), the First Scroll with Illustrated Frontispiece

Chinese

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna Subdues the Serpent King Kaliya (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Lakshmana and Sita (text, recto; painting, verso); folio from an illustrated manuscript of the Razmnama (Persian translation of the Mahabharata)

Attributed to Fazl

Ladies Witnessing Suggestive Donkeys (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 262 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Ladies Witnessing Suggestive Donkeys (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 262 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Indian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers

Ottoman

Manuscript of prayers

Manuscript of prayers

Persian

Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i)

Manuscript of the Tarjuma-yi Qutub Shahi (Forty Hadith) by Baha’ al-Din Muhammad al-Amuli (Shaykh Baha’i)

Persian

The right half of the illuminated frontispiece (illuminated sarlawh verso, blank recto of folio 3), from a manuscript of prayers

The right half of the illuminated frontispiece (illuminated sarlawh verso, blank recto of folio 3), from a manuscript of prayers

Persian

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