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Folio 153 (text recto and verso) from a Manuscript of a Divan of Hafiz
c. 1530
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Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Unknown Artist, c. 1669-1670
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Unknown Artist, c. 1650
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Rajput Style, Mewar School
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The Caliph Harun al-Rashid in the Bath (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Makhzan al-Asrar) by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1584
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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Mahan confronted by demons finds his horse transformed into a seven-headed dragon (text recto; painting verso of folio 224), painting from a manuscript of the Khamsa by Nizami
Unknown Artist, 1489
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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Folio 334 from a Qur'an: Ownership Stamp and Notes (recto), Zodiac Chart (verso)
Unknown Artist, c. 1533
Ink on paper
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Zafarnama (Book of Conquest) by Hatifi; with lacquer binding
Unknown Artist, 1520, c. 1600, 18th-19th century
Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard (covers) Ink, gold, and watercolor on paper (text)
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Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 46, Beneath the Oak (Shiigamoto)
Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516
The forty-sixth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseManuscripts
Text folio with the colophon of the sixth section (text recto; blank verso of folio 294), from a manuscript of the Mathnavi Ma‘navi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
Unknown Artist, 1615
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
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The Infant Krishna Floating on the Cosmic Ocean (painting, recto), illustration from the Bhagavata Purana
Unknown Artist, mid 19th century
Opaque watercolor, gold, and metallic gray pigment on paper
19th centuryIndianManuscripts
Rustam Rescues Bizhan from the Pit, folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama
Unknown Artist, c. 1450
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
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