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Fitna carries a calf on her shoulder up a sixty-step tower (text verso; painting recto of folio 200), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Fitna carries a calf on her shoulder up a sixty-step tower (text verso; painting recto of folio 200), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Bahram Gur meeting a shepherd who hung his dog on a tree (text recto; painting verso of folio 238), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Bahram Gur meeting a shepherd who hung his dog on a tree (text recto; painting verso of folio 238), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami

Persian

Untitled (bleed-through and color transfer from previous pages, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page)

Untitled (bleed-through and color transfer from previous pages, left page); Untitled (text and color transfer, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Story of Devadatta, from Chapter 12 of a Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō); Kasuga Edition, from Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Japanese

The Triumph of Maximilian

The Triumph of Maximilian, 1473 - 1531

Edited by Hans Burgkmair the Elder

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Fragment of Cuneiform Tablet: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Manuscript of the Munsha’at (Letters) by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Flyleaf with two small notes (notes recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi

Persian

Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani

Page from a Zakhira-i Khvarazmshahi (Treasure Dedicated to the King of Khvarazm) of Isma’il Gorgani

Indian

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Calligraphic Composition in the Shape of a Bird

Persian

A porcelain bowl with a pale blue-green glaze. It has a small foot and the walls jut outward. The inside of the walls have a carving that makes a large floral pattern.

Conical Bowl with Floral Decor Against a Textured Ground

Chinese

Small, Steep-Sided Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Fish Swimming in Rolling Waves around a Dragon

Small, Steep-Sided Bowl with Lightly Flaring Lip and Decoration of Fish Swimming in Rolling Waves around a Dragon

Chinese

A porcelain bowl with a pale blue-green glaze. It has a small foot and the walls jut outward. The inside of the walls have widely-spaced white lines that meet the center to small indents around the lip.

Small Circular, Conical Bowl with Notched Rim

Chinese

A gilt bronze sculpture of a man seated with two smaller people standing by his side on a decorated pedestal.

Buddhist Triad: Amitabha Buddha Seated on a Lotus Throne with His Hands Held in the 'Bhŭmisparsa-mudrâ' and Flanked by Two Standing Bodhisattvas, Presumably Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta

Korean

Foliate Cup Stand with Notched Rim and Reticulated Cup Receptacle

Foliate Cup Stand with Notched Rim and Reticulated Cup Receptacle

Chinese

Small Censer in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Ding' Tripod Vessel

Small Censer in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Ding' Tripod Vessel

Chinese

Bowl with Scrolling Hibiscus Decoration

Bowl with Scrolling Hibiscus Decoration

Chinese

Cylindrical Censer with Three Small Cabriole Legs

Cylindrical Censer with Three Small Cabriole Legs

Chinese

Flat Circular Dish with Everted Rim and with Decoration of Two Geese in Flight amidst Clouds, the Geese Carrying Blossoming Branches in Their Beaks

Flat Circular Dish with Everted Rim and with Decoration of Two Geese in Flight amidst Clouds, the Geese Carrying Blossoming Branches in Their Beaks

Chinese

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