Painting (verso); text (recto), illustrated folio from a Shahnama of Firdawsi
Indian
Day of Judgment, folio from a manuscript of the Falnama (Book of Omens).
Persian
Illustrated manuscript of Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi
Ottoman
Gushtasp with the Blacksmith Burab (painting, recto; text, verso), two folios of a Shahnamah of Firdawsi
Signed by Muqim
Kali Quaffs Blood in the Pallava Camp (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript
Indian
Stamp in the Form of a Foot
Roman
Standing Warrior
Unidentified culture
Illustrated Manuscript of a Compendium of Knowledge (Jung), made for Shah Sulayman
Persian
The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, 1471 - 1528
Albrecht Dürer
Comic Actor in the Role of a Kitchen Slave
Greek
Jarasandha’s siege of Mathura (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Indian
Sâkyamuni Preaching the Law, from the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Daihannya-kyō) Vol. 400
Japanese
Benjamin West (1738-1820), founded 1759
Wedgwood
Illustrated Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari emaki), 2nd of 2 Volumes, 1579 - 1638
Karasumaru Mitsuhiro
Standing Osiris
Egyptian
Calligraphy
Chinese
Tale of the Pagoda Made of Sand, Text Fragment from the Illustrated "Tales of Three Jewels" (Sambō-ekotoba) from Tōdai-ji, Nara, 1055 - 1129
Traditionally attributed to Minamoto no Toshiyori
Section of the Bright Moon Diary (Meigetsu-ki), 1162 - 1241
Fujiwara Teika
Three Kasuga Kaishi (Sheets of Poetry Donated to the Kasuga Shrine, Nara) written by three officials of the Kasuga Shrine, 1198 - 1269
Attributed to Nakatomi no Sukesada
Sample Certificate of a Monk's Ordination (Enryaku-ji kaichō), 1298 - 1356
Attributed to Prince Son'en