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"Black Buck", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

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

"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

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

An Old Sufi Laments His Lost Youth

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

The Greedy Dog

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.

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

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.

Manuchehr Kills Tur, Manuscript from Shahnama

Leaf from Album of Persian Calligraphy

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Portrait of Emperor Jahangir

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

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.

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).

A Young Prince on Horseback

Alexander the Great Enthroned at Persepolis

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

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.

Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck

A Stallion

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

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

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

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads

Collection of Poems (Divan)

Carpet

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

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

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

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.

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

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ragini Gaudi, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set

A Messenger is Dispatched: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows

Tile Panel

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.

Silk Animal Carpet

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.

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

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

Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

Grapevine in the Wind

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

Garden Gathering

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

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

Book on Navigation

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

Peahen and hibiscus

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

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Running to Meet her Lover)

Silk Kashan Carpet

Canopy with Dragon among Flowers

Young Woman Smoking a Huqqa

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

慈眼大師像

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right)

Tigers Chasing Deer, with Dragon

The Emperor's Carpet

Vase of Flowers with Grasshopper, Marine Life, and Garden Rock

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

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

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Chrysanthemums by the Water

Durga Slaying Mahisha

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.

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

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

Peonies

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain

The Wade Cup with Animated Script

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants

Mt. Fuji through Pines

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Palampore

Japan; Illustrated book; Illustrated Books

Krishna Fluting

Hen and Bamboo, by Luo Chuang, Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Thanka with Buddha

Birds and Flowers

Lakeside Retreat

Birds and Flowers

Birds and Flowers

Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion

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

Leaf from Book of Hours

Velvet and Silk Carpet

Depicts Zen monk Huike (慧可) thinking. By painter Shi Ke (Chinese: 石恪), from Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period to Northern Song (about 10th century)

Mandala Base

Hunting Scene

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