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Floral Tent Panel

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Canopy with Dragon among Flowers

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.

Textile Fragment

Fragment (Dress Fabric)

Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe

Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

Textile Fragment

Textile

Walters manuscript W.619 is an illuminated manuscript containing 2 works by Sa"di (died 691 AH/AD 1292): the Gulistan (Rose garden) and the Bustan (Orchard). It was copied in 980 AH/AD 1572 by Muhammad Riza al-Tabrizi in Iran. The text of the Gulistan appears in the main area, while that of the Bustan is inscribed obliquely around the main text area on three sides. Both texts are written in black and gold nasta"liq script. The margins are multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper. The original leather binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th and has dentelle-style decorated boards and doublures with gold filigree work over a multi-colored ground of blue, green, red, and black.

Bridal Robe (Hwarot)

Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

Ceremonial Hanging (Palepai)

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.

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

Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper

Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design

Thangka with the Seventh Bodhisattva

Buddhist Deities

"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Mandala Base

Cape

Pink and Rose

Waistcoat

Cover Panel for a Tihong

The Wade Cup with Animated Script

Book on Navigation

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).

Kaftan

Twee fragmenten textiel

Set of Four Armchairs and Settee

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.

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

Green Tara

Collection of Poems (Divan)

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Bowl with inscription and chrysanthemums and tortoiseshell decoration

Hunting Scene

Flowers and Grasses

Summer Flowers

Mural Fragment Depicting a Maguey Bloodletting Ritual

Tile Panel

Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

Tile Panel

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.

This is the final illuminated page in the codex, Walters W.582. The last panel contains the colophon, written in Riqa' script, giving the name of the scribe as Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khwarizmi.

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A Stallion

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

The top and bottom panels of this illuminated finispiece from Walters manuscript W.578 are inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script. The Qur'anic verses in the central panel are written in Square Kufic.

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Silk Velvet Fragment with Tiger-Stripe and 'Cintamani' Design

Ingelijste muurschildering voorstellende Xiwangmu en dienaressen

Textielfragment, shibori-zome op zijde

Thanka with Buddha

Grapevine in the Wind

Manuscript Cover with Prajnaparamita Attended by Sadakshari Lokeshvara and a Tara

Belt clasp

Flowers and Goldfish

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Dagger-axe

Birds and Flowers

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Oribe-Type Ewer

Doublet

Two Ge

Foliate-Shaped Tray with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay

Autumn Evening with Full Moon on Musashino Plain

Icon of the Virgin and Child

Terracotta dinos (mixing bowl)

Estérel Village

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

Fragment textiel

This painting depicts three people seated side-by-side outdoors. The central person is a young, nude child with curly, reddish hair and a red beaded necklace, sitting on a red cushion. Their head is turned to the right. The woman on the left wears a white head covering, a sheer veil around her neck, a green dress, and a red cloak with floral designs. She holds the torso of the child and drapes a white cloth around its legs. The woman on the right has long, flowing reddish hair and wears a white dress or robe with gold detailing down the front, on the neckline, and on the wrists. She holds an open red book, and the child is turning one of the thin pages. All three people have pale skin. Above them, in the cloudy blue sky, there is a white dove with its wings outstretched, gold lines radiating from it. Above the dove, there is an image of a crowned bearded man with pale skin, wearing red robes and holding an orb. He is against a golden background with red dots that breaks through the pale clouds. The background shows a landscape with green trees, hills, and pale blue buildings.

Frederick Douglass

Corset

Walters manuscript W.620 has a brown leather blind-stamped binding with a flap. The binding is decorated with a central oval medallion and pendants. This binding is not original to the manuscript.

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat

Birds and Flowers

Mural Fragment with Elite Male and Maguey Cactus Leaves

Jewelry Elements