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1. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:
early 16th century
Time period:
Safavid
Medium:
Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot
Extent:
39 3/4 x 15 in. (101 x 38.1 cm)

2. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:
early 16th century
Time period:
Safavid
Medium:
Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot
Extent:
Old, approx.: 13 x 6 1/2 in. (33 x 16.5 cm)

3. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:
early 16th century
Time period:
Safavid
Medium:
Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot
Extent:
Old, approx.: 18 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (47 x 16.5 cm)

4. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:
early 16th century
Time period:
Safavid
Medium:
Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot
Extent:
21 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (54.6 x 16.8 cm)

5. "Angel" Carpet Fragment

Date:
16th century
Time period:
Safavid
Medium:
Wool and silk pile, asymmetrical knot
Extent:
22 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (57.2 x 16.8 cm)

32. "Kitāb al-Bulhān ('Book of Wonders') and other works"

Creator:
Author: Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Miṣrī 14th cent.
Author: Irbilī, Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, early 15th cent.
Author: Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, 702?-765 or 6
Contributor:
Scribe: Irbilī, Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, early 15th cent.
Scribe: Haydar ibn al-Haji Adb al Karim ibn al-Jawad al-Mawsili
Date:
1330–1450
Language:
Latin
Arabic
Turkish

42. "Salting" Carpet

Date:
2nd half 16th century
Medium:
silk, wool pile, wrapped silver thread
Extent:
Dimensions: L: 101 x W: 68 in. (256.5 x 172.7 cm)

43. "Sultanabad" Bowl

Date:
14th century
Medium:
Black, cobalt blue, and turquoise glaze on white ground.
Extent:
3 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (9.5 x 19.7 x 6.6 cm)

45. "Turban" Helmet

Date:
16th century
Medium:
engraved and punched steel, silver, gold
Extent:
Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 8 11/16 in. (29 x 22 cm)

56. A Battle Scene

Date:
Folio: late 10th century AH/AD 16th century; Borders: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal)
Medium:
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.5 cm); Image H: 9 1/2 x W: 5 11/16 in. (24.2 x 14.5 cm)

57. A Battle Scene (Back)

Date:
Folio: late 10th century AH/AD 16th century; Borders: 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Mughal)
Medium:
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (30 x 24.5 cm)

60. A Dervish Expressing His Devotion

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream and pink-tinted laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 5/16 in. (27 x 16 cm)

61. A Fatal Quarrel Over a Prostitute

Date:
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal)
Medium:
ink and pigments on paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 3/4 in. (34.5 x 22.2 cm); Image H: 8 7/8 x W: 5 1/16 in. (22.5 x 12.9 cm)

62. A Festive gathering in a Landscape

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 12 13/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (32.5 x 19 cm)

63. A Garden Reception (majlis)

Date:
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)

64. A Garden Reception (majlis)

Date:
946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)

65. A King Finds a Judge Inebriated

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)

68. A Large, Winged Fish

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century
Medium:
ink and pigments on thick, laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 1/2 in. (36.1 x 24.1 cm)

74. A Supposedly Pious Man

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)

77. A Woman Offers Wine to Khusraw

Date:
885-886 AH/AD 1481 (Timurid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)

78. A Wrestling Match

Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)

79. A Youth with a Falcon

Date:
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

80. A Youth with a Falcon (Back)

Date:
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century-early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on paper mounted on pasteboard
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)

82. Abu Ja'far Muhammad Atabak Enthroned

Date:
Folio: 934-935 AH/AD 1528-1529; Miniature repainted: 12th-early 13th century AH/AD 18th-early 19th century (Safavid)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored laid paper
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 11 13/16 x W: 7 1/16 in. (30 x 18 cm)

84. Account note page

Language:
Hebrew
Geographic region:
Egypt?
Extent:
Columns: 2; ruling method: folded lengthwise into two halves.
27.6 X 14.6 cm

85. Accounts (?) 24.369

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 13.7 cm, width: 4.6 cm)

86. Accounts (?) 51.125

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 12.5 cm, width: 1.8 cm)

87. Accounts (?) 54.98

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 3.4 cm, width: 5.8 cm)

88. Accounts (?) 54.206

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 8.3 cm, width: 3.5 cm)

89. Accounts (?) 54.208

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 10.2 cm, width: 6.2 cm)

90. Accounts (?) 55.180

Date:
6th-19th century
Language:
Arabic
Medium:
Paper
Extent:
Leaf: (height: 6.1 cm, width: 2.5 cm)