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A limestone relief depicting the profile of a standing man wearing a draped robe and a tall headpiece. He holds an object in one hand and his bottom half has a large circle around it.

Relief Fragment: Ahuramazda in the Winged Disk

Achaemenid

Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")

Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")

Chinese

Cuneiform Tablet and Envelope: Old Assyrian Letter

Cuneiform Tablet and Envelope: Old Assyrian Letter

Assyrian

Krishna encounters Kotara, the mother of the thousand-armed demon Bana (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna encounters Kotara, the mother of the thousand-armed demon Bana (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

The Mean Teacher Who Beat Children at School (text recto; painting verso of folio 64), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

The Mean Teacher Who Beat Children at School (text recto; painting verso of folio 64), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

The Man Who Disrespected Hajjaj b. Yusuf (painting recto; text verso of folio 64), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

The Man Who Disrespected Hajjaj b. Yusuf (painting recto; text verso of folio 64), painting from a manuscript of the Kulliyat of Sa‘di

Persian

Untitled (text, bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (profile portait of female figure (Elizabeth Goldring), right page)

Untitled (text, bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (profile portait of female figure (Elizabeth Goldring), right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Majnun as a Sheep Looking at Layla (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Mantiq al-Tayr (Conference of the Birds) by Farid al-Din Attar (d. 1221)

Majnun as a Sheep Looking at Layla (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Mantiq al-Tayr (Conference of the Birds) by Farid al-Din Attar (d. 1221)

Ottoman

Musa's Rod(?) Swallowing the Magician's Eyes (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 83 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Musa's Rod(?) Swallowing the Magician's Eyes (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 83 from a manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi

Ottoman

Winged Quadruped with Duck Bill (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 36 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Winged Quadruped with Duck Bill (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 36 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)

Ottoman

Text (recto), Young Prince Accepts a Polo Ball from the Dervish (painting, verso), illustrated folio (28) from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Text (recto), Young Prince Accepts a Polo Ball from the Dervish (painting, verso), illustrated folio (28) from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni

Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man

Worship of the Seven-headed Dragon and the Monster with Ram's Horns, and the Son of Man, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Taking Advantage of the Right Moment, convincing the Chinese to accept being Paid Two Hundred Millions in Opium

Taking Advantage of the Right Moment, convincing the Chinese to accept being Paid Two Hundred Millions in Opium, 1808-1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

solw

solw, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

love your brother

love your brother, 1918 - 1986

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita)

Half-Blood Horse

Half-Blood Horse, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

The Dog Wallah

The Dog Wallah

Indian

Portraits of Five Seated Englishmen

Portraits of Five Seated Englishmen

Indian

Portrait of Maharaja Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma of Travancore

Portrait of Maharaja Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma of Travancore

Indian

The Prison

The Prison, 1520 - 1582

? Giorgio Ghisi

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