Withering Plants and Insects

Withering Plants and Insects

Aqa Zaman, c. 1738-1739

Watercolor on paper

18th centuryPersian

Verses about Love, folio from an album, left-hand side of a bifolio

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Poet Returns from India, Sufi Poems, folio from an album

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th-18th centuryPersian

Didactic Verses by Sa'di, folio from an album

Mir `Ali al-Katib al-Sultani, 17th-18th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th-18th centuryPersian

Folio 41 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Four sheets: Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape (top), Portrait bust of Muhammad Shah Qajar (center), European woman with bouquet and shawl (center), Pen box design with reclining females and attendants in landscape, divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); The Binding of Isaac (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1780-1860

Left: Brown counterproof, brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Top middle: graphite on off-white wove paper (recto); Bottom middle: black counterproof on off-white wove paper; pricked (recto); Right: Black counterproof, red ink and watercolor on laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Brown ink on brown laid paper, oiled for transparency (verso)

Lions Devouring Travellers

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Watercolor, opaque on paper

18th centuryPersian

Plea for Tax Relief, folio from an album

Mirza Kuchik Isfahani, 1795-1796

Ink and gold on paper

18th centuryPersian

Bird and Flowers

Ink on paper

Flower

Flower and Butterfly

An Album of Persian Paintings and Drawings

Ink and colors on paper; leather and gold binding

Folio 6 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Virgin and child with elderly men and attendants (recto); Amorous couple with attendants, baby, rabbits, and birds (verso)

Unknown Artist, 1750-1850

Black counterproof with touches of black ink on off-white wove paper (recto); Red ink, watercolor and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)