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Jambavan Offers His Daughter, Jambavati, to Krishna, an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana
Unknown Artist, late 18th century
Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
18th centuryIndianManuscripts
Balarama Destroys Shishupala’s Army (painting, recto)
Unknown Artist, c. 1760-1770
Opaque watercolor and some gold on paper
18th centuryIndianManuscripts
Krishna and Rukmini in a Garden Pavilion (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series
Unknown Artist, c. 1760-1770
Opaque watercolor and some gold on paper
18th centuryIndianManuscripts
Krishna and the Cowherds Return at Cowdust, possibly an illustration from the Bhagavata Purana
Unknown Artist, late 18th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th centuryIndianManuscripts
The Imam Ali in Battle, an illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's "Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Arrival of Imam Hasan at Kufa (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
The Muslim Conquest of Multan in India (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425-1430
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Uyanhing, a Legendary Chief, folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425-1430
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
The Prophet Muhammad Converts Abu Bakr (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425-1430
Ink on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Prophet Muhammad at the Gate of Medina (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Illustrated folio from a manuscript of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa 'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi: Human, harpy, demon and fairy; Crown, throne, standard and signet ring; Minstrel (Venus), cook (sun), horseshoe (moon), and scribe (Jupiter)
Muhammad ibn Badr Jajarmi, 1341
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
14th centuryPersianManuscripts
Folio from a manuscript of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa 'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi: Treasurer, money changer, courier and jeweler; tent, pavilion, drum, and banner; lion, onager, wolf, sheep, partridge and hawk
Muhammad ibn Badr Jajarmi, 1341
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
14th centuryPersianManuscripts
Ardashir Enthroned (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Manuchihr Enthroned (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425-1430
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Yazdigird Enthroned (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of Histories)
Unknown Artist, c. 1425
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianManuscripts
Zodiac from the Castle Water Clock (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Kitab fi Ma 'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handasiya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices)
al-Jazari, 1354
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
14th centuryArabManuscripts
Shapur Discovers Mihrak's Daughter at the Well (painting, verso; text, recto), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama
Unknown Artist, 1341
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
14th centuryPersianManuscripts
Warrior and Physician with the Plant Kestron (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides
Unknown Artist, 1224
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
13th centuryArabManuscripts
Rustam, Zal and other Pahlavans Pay Homage to Kay Khusrau (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1341
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
14th centuryPersianManuscripts
Rustam and the Iranian Army Besiege the Fortress of Kafur the Cannibal(painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Unknown Artist, 1341
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
14th centuryPersian