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Dish with Phagsa inscription
Dish with incised design of dragons
Slops jar (zhadou)
Dish with spray of gardenias
Slops jar (zhadou)
Slops jar (zhadou)
Bowl with Arabic inscriptions
Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami ( d. 1209)
Old man in landscape
Rim of jar, fragment
Composite of three figure sketches
Tiles
Covered box
Sherd of architectural ornament
Folio from an unidentified text; Shapur fetches Shirin and pays homage to Khusraw
Folio from Yusuf u Zulaykha by Jami (d. 1492)
Slops jar (zhadou)
Scene in the bathhouse
Bowl wall fragment
Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Suhayli (d. 1501-2)
Folio from a Rawdat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (d. 1498); verso: illuminated text; recto: the combat between Muslims and infidels and the martyrdom of Marv-ibn- al-Humam
Fragment of a dish with lotus scrolls
Slops jar (zhadou)
Bowl
Bowl (fragment)
Tile fragment
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: colophon; verso: illuminated heading, border, and text
Folio from a Falnama (Book of omens); recto: blank; verso: Angels bow before Adam and Eve in Paradise
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); verso: Nushirvan interviews the intruder to his harem; recto: text
Composite page of calligraphy
Bowl
Gourd-shaped bottle
Folio from an album: Left (a): resting man; right (b): seated figure with writing utensils
The Mashhad pilgrim
Krishna Defeats Trinavarta, the Demon Whirlwind, from a Bhagavata Purana (Book of the Lord)
Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020); recto: Kay Ka'us chained in a grotto by the white demon; verso: text, Ka'us sends a letter to Rustam the son of Zal and asks for help
Nomadic encampment
The Tale of Shuten Doji
Base and footring of a bowl with design of a whorl
Bowl, fragment of base
Folio from a Garshaspnama (Book of Garshasp) by Asadi Tusi (d. 1072); recto: Garshasp slays a dragon; verso: text
A prince and princess embrace
Bottle
Man with spindle
Folio from a Rawzat al-safa (Garden of felicity) by Mirkhwand (died 1498); recto: illuminated border and text; verso: text
Slops jar (zhadou)
Singing bird
Bottle
Folio from a Mihr-u Mushtari (The Sun and Jupiter) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1382); verso: Mihr feasting with Kayvan the King of Khwarazm; recto: text, Mihr playing lute and feasting with Kayvan
Old man with child
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