Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Javahir al Ghara’ib Tarjomat Bahr al- `Aja’ib (Gems of Marvels: A Translation of the Sea of Wonders) by Mustafa Cenabi (Jannabi).

Ottoman

Bird of Paradise (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 33 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Horned Quadruped (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 65 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Coconut Tree (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 87 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Majnun and Layla Embracing Surrounded by Wild Animals (painting, verso), Text (recto), illustrated folio (70) from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Persian

Illustrated Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Nizami

Persian

Illustrated Manuscript of the Kulliyat (Complete Works) of Sa'di

Persian

Elephant of Cochin China

Unidentified Artist

Nest of Four Beakers with Cover

Maker's mark B within four pellets in an upright rectangular punch with canted corners

Loulie's Hand, 1805 - 1873

Hiram Powers

Mirror-Case Cover with Mother, Child, and Angel

Bankers Receive News from a Dak Runner

Indian

A King Performing a Ritual (painting, recto; painting, verso), illustration from a Ramayana series

Indian

The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) with Illustrated Frontispiece

Chinese

Battle Between Ghatotkacha and Karna, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Mahabharata

Indian

Manuscript of the Qur'an

Ottoman

Isfandiyar's Third Course; He Slays the Dragon (painting, verso), Isfandiyar's Second Course; He Slays the Lions (text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

Ibrahim Preparing to Sacrifice Isaac (painting, verso; text, recto), folio 43 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

The Triumph of Maximilian, 1473 - 1531

Edited by Hans Burgkmair the Elder

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

Japanese