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Photo of collection object Tomb Cover

Tomb Cover, 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers

Velvet panel with four youths smelling flowers, 1625–50

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Lampas with dancers and musicians

Lampas with dancers and musicians, 1600–1650

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso)

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso), late 1500s-early 1600s

Riza-yi Abbasi

Riza-yi Abbasi (Iranian)

Photo of collection object Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration

Picnic in the Mountains; Single Page Illustration, c. 1550–1600

Muhammadi

Muhammadi (Iranian)

Photo of collection object Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration

Camel and Groom; Single Page Illustration, c. 1545–1576

Shaykh Muhammad

Shaykh Muhammad (Iranian)

Photo of collection object Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), c. 1485

Bihzad

Bihzad (Iranian, active 1470–1506)

Photo of collection object Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), 1444

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025)

Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025), 1444

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto); Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330–35

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto); Portrait of Nushirwan the Just (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025), 1330–35

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object The Wade Cup with Animated Script

The Wade Cup with Animated Script, 1200–1221

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Lion-headed Stand

Lion-headed Stand, 1150–1220

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Feline Incense Burner

Feline Incense Burner, 1150–1200

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Bird-shaped Vessel

Bird-shaped Vessel, 1100s

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Silk fragment with roundels of ducks

Silk fragment with roundels of ducks, 600s

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Feline-Handled Incense Burner

Feline-Handled Incense Burner, c. AD 100

Maker Unknown

Photo of collection object Median Lion Strangler

Median Lion Strangler, 500–450 BC

Maker Unknown

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