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Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri

The Infant Krishna Spirited Away by Vasudev, from a copy of the Dispersed Bhagavat Purana

Khambavati Ragini: Page from a Dispersed Ragamala Series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

A Messenger is Dispatched: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

Krishna's Fifth and Sixth Avatars, page from a copy of the Gitagovinda of Jayaveda

Folk Painting

Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

A Procession Scene with Musicians, from a copy of the Padshanama

European Banquet Scene (or The Marriage Feast at Cana?)

Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Krishna Fluting

Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala

"The Funeral of Isfandiyar," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Alauddin Khilji Conquering Ranthamore Fort, Kangra school, India, late 18th century, opaque watercolor on paper, Tokyo National Museum

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Heer Ranjha: Lady with Water Jug on her Head and Lady Holding out her Arms, Jodhpur school, India, c. mid-18th century, opaque watercolor on paper, Tokyo National Museum

Asavari Ragini, page from a Garland of Musical Ragas (Ragamala) Set

This drawing, Walters manuscript leaf W.749, was executed in Safavid Iran, most probably in the late 10th century AH/AD 16th, in Qazvin or Isfahan. Above, a farmer plows; below, a seated young man watches a produce seller weigh his purchase. On the rocks in the center foreground is inscribed the name of one of the most famous painters in Iran in the 11th century AH/AD 17th, Riza 'Abbasi (active 1001-1044 AH/AD 1591-1592 to 1634). As the handwriting does not match that of the artist, an admirer of Riza's work seems to have attributed the drawing to him. The execution and the bucolic subject matter of this drawing relate closely to the oeuvre of the Persian artist Muhammadi Haravi (active late 10th century AH/AD 16th), who worked in Qazvin. It is possible that this composition was conceived as a manuscript page.

Alexander the Great Enthroned at Persepolis

A Virtuous Woman Placates the King by Plucking Out Her Eyes

This illustration from Walters manuscript W.644 depicts Zulaykha in a blue-domed litter on a camel led by a cameleer. The retinue is entering the capital of Egypt.

Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces, from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"

Durga Slaying Mahisha

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Thanka with Buddha

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

Amir Khusrau Dedicates His Poem to Sultan Ala al-Din Khalji, page from the Quintet (Khamsa) of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Zal Climbing to Rudaba, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

Buddhist Deities

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

This folio from Walters manuscript W.677 depicts Bahram Gur in a peasant's house.

Portrait of Prince Sur Singh Rathor of Bikaner (1594–1631)

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion

Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur)

The Assembly of Tejaprabha Buddha

Green Tara

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat

Four Portraits from the St. Petersburg Album. Painters unknown, borders by Muhammad Sadiq. Top left: Nadir Shah, Iran, ca. 1740. Top right: Adil Shah, Iran, ca. 1748. Bottom left: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Bottom right: Unidentified nobleman, Mughal school, 18th century. Art Institute of Chicago 1919.952 recto

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet

慈眼大師像

This folio from Walters manuscript W.596 depicts the fall of Samarqand.

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.604, King Qizil Arslan welcomes the poet Nizami.

Tile Panel

Al-Mu'tazz Sends Gifts to Abdulla ibn Abdulla, from a copy of the Tarikh-i Alfi

Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020)

Cloth with Procession of Figures

Floral Tent Panel

Velvet Fragment with Design from Nizami of Ganja's Khusrau and Shirin

Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper

An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi)

This page from Walters manuscript W.674 bears 4 diplomas written within illuminated cartouches inscribed in ijazah script by the following master calligraphers: Yaziji zadah, Isma'il al-Zuhdi Katib al-Saray al-Sultani, Muhammad Hasib, and 'Ali al-Wasfi. The page is dated 1219 AH/AD 1804-1805.

This folio from Walters manuscript W.580 is the left side of an illuminated double-page frontispiece of geometric design in gold, red, blue, and green, with a marginal rosette at the left.

Sixteenth Arhat, Cūḍapanthaka (from the Sixteen Arhats)

Garden Gathering

Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

A Young Prince on Horseback

Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe

A Stallion

Sceneries in the Tropical Land, by Imamura Shiko, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

A Philosopher Watching a Pair of Butterflies, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu)

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Palampore

Peonies

The Greedy Dog

Mandala of the Three Shrines at Kumano

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Tathagata Buddha

Manuscript Cover with Prajnaparamita Attended by Sadakshari Lokeshvara and a Tara

A woman, Mary, sitting on a throne made of clouds is surrounded by ten winged angels, floating above a landscape with twelve people gathered closely around a long, rectangular, stone box filled with flowers, all set against a gold background in this tall, vertical painting. Mary and the angels have pale, peachy skin and the men below have more tan complexions. Each person’s head is surrounded by a flat, gold halo. In the upper half of the composition, Mary’s blond hair is covered by a veil, and her white robe is decorated with a pattern of starburst-like, gold shapes and edged in gold. She holds her hands together in prayer and looks up. She sits on a light blue, cloud-like form, which is held up by two angels. The other eight angels look on, four to each side. Six of them each play a different musical instrument, and the top two cross hands across their chests. The angels all have blond hair and wear flowing robes in cranberry red, steel gray, cream white, or pale sky blue. In the bottom half of the painting, the people kneeling or bending over the coffin-sized, stone box wear gold-trimmed robes in azure blue, lilac purple, raspberry pink, marigold orange, sage green, or coral red. All but one is bearded, though the face of one, opposite us, is half-hidden behind the outstretched arm of his neighbor. One man, to our left, points into the box, which is filled with white and red flowers and pine-green leaves, and others look into the box, up, or at each other. The box is inlaid with teal-green panels on the side we can see. Grass and flowers grow below. Beyond the box and people, and between them and Mary above, a person kneels on an olive-green, rocky outcropping with hands raised. The angels around Mary line the inner edge of an arch at the top of the panel. The roundels at the top corners above the arch are occupied by a person wearing a mauve-pink robe over a gold garment to our left and a blue robe over a white and gold garment to our left. The entire panel is surrounded by a gold frame carved with steps and moldings.

Hell Courtesan

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

Portrait of the Great Master Yeongwoldang Eungjin

Paradise

This illuminated title page from Walters manuscript W.581 gives the title of the work, as well as the authors' names. There is also a statement referring to the patronage of the manuscript, indicating that it was made for the Mawlawi (Mevlevi) Library (bi-rasm al-Khizanah al-Karimah al-"Aliyah al-Mawlawiyah).

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.653, a middle-aged woman stands in a landscape, holding a vase of flowers. The salmon pink margins are stenciled with animal and floral forms. The catchword at the lower left indicates that the following folio is missing.

Textile

Girl Arranging Flowers

Carpet

Ōtsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yarō)

The Triumph of Fame

Manjushri

Adorazione dei Magi. Il Redentore, i Profeti Isaia e David (nelle cuspidi) 1420 circa

Daibutsu and Scaffolding, by Migita Toshihide, 1895, Meiji 27, from the Hood Museum of Art - PR.995.23.9ab.