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Bear on a Tree, Eating an Owl

Bear on a Tree, Eating an Owl, 1796 - 1875

Antoine Louis Barye

Two wooden panels depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ on the Cross

The Virgin and Child Enthroned; Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist, active c. 1350

Master of Offida

Head of a Girl

Head of a Girl, c. 1480 - c. 1532

Bernardino Luini

Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Ottoman

Illuminated text (recto); Calligraphic Composition (verso), folio from an album of calligraphy, left-hand side of a bifolio

Illuminated text (recto); Calligraphic Composition (verso), folio from an album of calligraphy, left-hand side of a bifolio, fl. 1453-1519

Sultan Ali Mashhadi

Illuminated Text, Folio from a Zakhirah-i Khvarzmshahi of Isma'il ibn Hasan Jurjani

Illuminated Text, Folio from a Zakhirah-i Khvarzmshahi of Isma'il ibn Hasan Jurjani

Indian

Illuminated text (verso); Owner's Seal (recto), folio from an album of calligraphy, right-hand side of a bifolio

Illuminated text (verso); Owner's Seal (recto), folio from an album of calligraphy, right-hand side of a bifolio, fl. 1453-1519

Sultan Ali Mashhadi

Struchnos Plants (painting with text, recto and verso), from a De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Struchnos Plants (painting with text, recto and verso), from a De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Arab

Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Krishna Approaches the Cowherds at Their Forest Encampment (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Indian

The Temptation of Shakyamuni (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra

The Temptation of Shakyamuni (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra

Nepalese

Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Layla and Majnun at School (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Persian

Text Sheet, from the portfolio "Figurines. The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Spectacle: Victory Over the Sun"

Text Sheet, from the portfolio "Figurines. The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Spectacle: Victory Over the Sun", 1890 - 1941

El Lissitzky

Text (recto and verso), folio 4 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Text (recto and verso), folio 4 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni

Text (recto and verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi

Text (recto and verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of the Guy u Chawgan by `Arifi, flourished 1514-43

Calligraphy attributed to Mir Ali al Husayni

Text (recto and verso), folio 20 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Text (recto and verso), folio 20 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio 53 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Text (recto and verso), folio 53 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Persian

Entertainments (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Entertainments (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 19 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio 54 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Text (recto and verso), folio 54 from a Partial Manuscript of the Zafarnama by Sharaf al-Din `Ali Yazdi

Persian

Ecstatic Dance of Dervishes (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio (149) from a manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Ecstatic Dance of Dervishes (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio (149) from a manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz

Persian

Rustam Slays a Dragon (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Rustam Slays a Dragon (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Persian

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