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  • Left (b): standing Mughal; right (a): seated figure
  • Left (a):old man with spectacles; right (b): portrait of painter Shafi' al-'Abbasi
  • Horseman with dead body of enemy
  • Composite of three figure sketches
  • Rustam and warrior
  • Youth Reading
  • Lovers
  • Lamentation over the dead body of Christ
  • Man holding cup and fruit
  • A standing Woman
  • Folio from an album: Left (a): resting man; right (b): seated figure with writing utensils
  • Old man and young boy
  • Reclining Nude
  • Old man with cane
  • Old man leaning on staff
  • Page of calligraphy
  • School scene
  • The Cloth merchant
  • Two Youths Embracing
  • Cup bearer with big turban
  • Folio from an unidentified text; Sulayman and Bilqis enthroned
  • Reclining youth
  • Youth with flower
  • Nashmi the Archer
  • Detached album folio; verso: Girl with a jar on her shoulder; recto: text
  • Two horsemen hunting with falcons
  • Old man riding a zebu
  • Old man with child
  • Dervish blowing horn
  • Falconer in the woods
  • Puzzle sketch of four horses
  • Singing bird
  • Man with spindle
  • Cup bearer with long-necked bottle
  • Shah 'Abbas and cup bearer
  • Cup bearer with wine jars
  • Hunchbacked man carrying pot
  • Majnun and his father in the desert
  • Nomadic encampment
  • Landscape with animals
  • Fox hunting cranes in landscape
  • Man holding staff
  • The Wolf Hunter

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