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Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

"Lotto" Carpet

"Lotto" Carpet

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi by Manohar|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Manohar|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi by Miskin|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Miskin|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi by Basawan|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Basawan|Muhammad Husain Kashmiri|Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa ibn Vali|Sultan Murad III|Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Mustafa ibn Vali|Sultan Murad III|Mustafa b. Yusuf al-Darir al-Erzerumi, ca. 1595

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design

Tile with Floral and Cloud-band Design

Pierced Window Screen

Pierced Window Screen

Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants

Dish Depicting Two Birds among Flowering Plants

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

The Emperor's Carpet

The Emperor's Carpet

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern

Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)

Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Velvet with Figural Imagery

Velvet with Figural Imagery

Fragment of a Kaftan Back

Fragment of a Kaftan Back

Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves

Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves

'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage by Shah Quli

'Saz'-Style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage

Shah Quli, ca. 1540–50

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album by Govardhan|Mir 'Ali Haravi

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Govardhan|Mir 'Ali Haravi, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50

Mamluk Carpet

Mamluk Carpet

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

Dragon-Handled Jug with Inscription

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp by Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"Tahmuras Defeats the Divs", Folio 23v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525

Ceiling

Ceiling

"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp by Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"The Feast of Sada", Folio 22v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Sultan Muhammad|Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1525

"Bellini" Carpet

"Bellini" Carpet

Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque

Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque

Brasero

Brasero

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz by Bihzad|Hafiz

"Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz

Bihzad|Hafiz, ca. 1480

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)

Jewelry Elements

Jewelry Elements

Mihrab (Prayer Niche)

Mihrab (Prayer Niche)

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi

Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated A.H. 741 / 1340–41 CE

Confronted Animal Rug

Confronted Animal Rug

Pair of Minbar Doors

Pair of Minbar Doors

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari by Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari|Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari|Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif, dated A.H. 715/1315 CE

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri|Muhammad ibn Aibak ibn 'Abdallah

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri|Muhammad ibn Aibak ibn 'Abdallah, dated A.H. 707/ 1307–8 CE

Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

Brazier of Rasulid Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar

"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated A.H. 621 / 1224 CE

Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Pierced Jug with Harpies and Sphinxes

Luster Bowl with Winged Horse

Luster Bowl with Winged Horse

Ewer

Ewer

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Damascus Room

Damascus Room

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