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Socketed Pick-Axe with Bovine Haft

Socketed Pick-Axe with Bovine Haft

Chinese

A 3D jade sculpture of a buffalo head that faces the left. The head has carved lines to show horns, ears, eyes, and the snout. The sculpture is pale green in color with spots of dark brown and orange.

Large Jade Buffalo Head in the Round

Chinese

A cast bronze buffalo-shaped vessel that stands on four legs. It has an olive-green patina and its head has a sloped, flat snout, wide eyes, teardrop shaped ears, and horns that have an engraved pattern. There is a curved handle on its back behind its head and an indented line around its back that shows where the lid separates.

Ritual Vessel in the Form of a Water Buffalo

Chinese

A drawing of a well-dressed couple with their dogs in the outsides of the city

Spring, 1589 - 1662

Adriaen van de Venne

Stone capital with carved leaves and pinecones

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

Stone capital carved with leaves, pinecone, and human faces

Capital from Moutiers-Saint-Jean

Unidentified Artist

A blue-green cast bronze vessel that has a wide, stout foot, a stout body, a large spout that has the head of a wide-mouthed tiger on top, and is covered in fine inscribed swirling lines.

'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Tiger and Owl Decor

Chinese

Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu

Mule (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from Manafi Al-Hayawan of Ibn Bakhtishu

Persian

Gopi Imploring Krishna to go to Radha (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

Gopi Imploring Krishna to go to Radha (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

Indian

Heavenly Joys Come to Earth (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 243 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Heavenly Joys Come to Earth (painting, recto; text, verso), folio 243 from a manuscript of the Divan of Anvari

Attributed to Khem Karan

Krishna and Radha Celebrating Holi with the Gopis (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

Krishna and Radha Celebrating Holi with the Gopis (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Satsaiya (Seven Hundred Verses) series

Indian

The Return of Zal, Rustam and Gudarz (painting, recto); The Story of Luhrasp (text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

The Return of Zal, Rustam and Gudarz (painting, recto); The Story of Luhrasp (text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Mu’in Musavvir

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, left-hand side of a bifolio

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, left-hand side of a bifolio

Persian

Text (recto and verso), folio 76r from a Divan (collected works) of Hafiz, right-hand side of a bifolo.

Text (recto and verso), folio 76r from a Divan (collected works) of Hafiz, right-hand side of a bifolo.

Persian

Section Heading: Sends Ambassador to Hassan, Governor of Kharazm (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Timur Nama of Hatifi

Section Heading: Sends Ambassador to Hassan, Governor of Kharazm (text, recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Timur Nama of Hatifi

Persian

Humay in the Golden Fortress (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 63 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Humay in the Golden Fortress (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 63 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian

Humay at the Castle of Humayun (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 96 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Humay at the Castle of Humayun (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 96 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian

Humayun Fights with Humay (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Humayun Fights with Humay (painting, recto), Text (verso), folio 119 from a Manuscript of Humay va Humayun by Khwaju Kirmani

Persian

Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 19, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami

Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 19, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami

Ottoman

Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 21, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami

Painting, verso; Text, recto of folio 21, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami

Ottoman

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