Brown counterproof on off-white wove paper; blind embossing on verso (recto); Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red ink over graphite, watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)

19th centuryPersian

Albums

Album of Calligraphy

Unknown Artist, 16th-17th century

Calligraphy; ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper

16th-17th centuryPersian

Albums

Verse Written for a Royal Physician, folio from an album

'Abd al-Rahim Afsar, 1893-1894

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryPersian

Albums

Calligraphy, Verses by Nizami Surrounded by Expressions of Self-reflection (recto); Drawing, Dragon in Foliage (verso)

Sultan Muhammad Khandan, 15th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

15th centuryPersian

Albums

Flower

Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century

18th-19th centuryPersian

Albums

Paintings (recto and verso), folio 18 from an album

Unknown Artist, c. 1767

Opaque watercolor on paper

18th centuryIndian

Albums

Dragon in Foliage (drawing, recto); calligraphy, (verso)

Mir Sayyid Muhammad Naqqash, 1520-1550

Black ink, watercolor and gold on off-white paper

16th centuryOttoman

Albums

Folio 18 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Two drawings: The meeting of Shams-i Tabrizi and Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi (top), Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden (bottom) (recto); Zulaykha's maids cut themselves, overcome by Yusuf's beauty (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1850-1900

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked, edges and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Red and brown inks and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)

19th centuryPersian