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Mughal and Persian Court Scenes

Intricate illustrations featuring royal receptions and tales from history, showcasing vivid colors, ornate textiles, and characters set in detailed backgrounds.

In a rocky landscape sits a monarch on the demon's lap, in the background a man dressed in red, in the foreground a horse, above the scene four columns of text in Persian handwriting., Rustan and demon, draughtsman: anonymous, Persia, 1500 - 1600, voorstelling, :, brush, h 195 mm × w 109 mm
In a rocky landscape sits a monarch on the demon's lap, in the background a man dressed in red, in the foreground a horse, above the scene four columns of text in Persian handwriting., Rustan and demon, draughtsman: anonymous, Persia, 1500 - 1600, voorstelling, :, brush, h 195 mm × w 109 mm
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Month of Bhadon (August-September), Folio From a Barahmasa. India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa, circa 1640-1650. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
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Ragini Vasanta, Page from a Jaipur Ragamala Set 1745-1770 India. Opaque watercolor on paper .
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"Rudaba's Maids Return to the Palace", Folio 71v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp. Artist: Painting attributed to 'Abd al-'Aziz (active first half 16th century) , with Qadimi and Qasim ibn 'Ali. Author: Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935-1020). Dimensions: Painting: H. 12 5/16 x W. 9 7/16 in. (H. 31.3 x W. 23.9 cm)Entire Page: H. 18 1/2 x W. 12 1/2 in. (H. 47 x W. 31.8 cm). Date: ca. 1525.Rudaba's maids hurry back to her palace, where they are chided by a guard for staying out so late. They respond that they have been picking flowers, then regale their mistress with stories of Zal's qualities. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Lakta Ragini, Anonymous, 1650 - 1670 Indian miniature. drawing A prince leaves his sleeping loved one on a yellow bed, on the roof of her palace is a peacock. At the bottom of the show a wide decorative edge of a swinging yellow edge round blue and green medallions against a red background; At the top a wide yellow edge with a 3-line inscription in Oud-Indian script. Central India paper brush / brush
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Shiva Pancha-vaktra. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1730. Place: Mandi. Measurements: h 298 mm × w 208 mm; h 252 mm × w 168 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Iran / Persia: Qaran unhorses Barman during a cavalry battle. Miniature folio by Mir Sayyid Ali (1510-1572), c. 1535. The Shahnameh or Shah-nama ('The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
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Tile with the Great Mosque of Mecca. Date/Period: 17th century (Ottoman). Tiles;plaques. Fritware with underglaze painting fritware with underglaze painting. Height: 62.40 mm (2.45 in); Width: 35.80 mm (1.40 in). Author: Turkish.
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"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari. Artist: Copy by Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif. Author: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136-1206). Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29. 5 cm)W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)Mat size: H. 19 in. (48.3 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)Frame: H. 21 5/8 in. (54.9 cm) W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm). Date: dated A.H. 715/ A.D. 1315. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Copy by Farrukh ibn 'Abd al-Latif.
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The aged lion and the fox cont.; The wolf and the old woman.. 1480. Aesop. Manuscripts, Illuminations, Miniatures (illuminations). Spencer Collection
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Bahram V was the fourteenth Sassanid King of Persia (421-438). Also called Bahram Gur or Bahramgur, he was a son of Yazdegerd I (399-421), after whose sudden death (or assassination) he gained the crown against the opposition of the grandees by the help of Mundhir, the Arab dynast of al-Hirah. Bahram Gur is a great favorite in Persian literature and poetry. Numerous legends have been associated with Bahram. One account says that he aided an Indian king in his war against China and that, in return for his help, the Indian king made over the provinces of Makran and Sindh to Persia. The Lurs of Persia, it is argued, are the descendants of musicians sent to Persia by the grateful Indian monarch. However there does not exist any historical proof in support of this story. Other accounts suggest that he married an Indian princess. However, the conclusion of such a marriage alliance is regarded as highly dubious once again due to lack of evidence. Another legend, found in the Shahnameh, is abo
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Mesk (calligraphy exercise). Date/Period: 1800s. Ink, colours and gold on paper. Height: 185 mm (7.28 in); Width: 260 mm (10.23 in). Author: Abdurrahman Hilmi.
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Two in costumes from the 12th century, according to the illustration of manuscript; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt - collections of Aleksander Lesser - Dar, XII century, gift (provenance), Judaika, manuscript, man, clothing, men's clothing, foreign clothing, Jews
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Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek: ed sd; circa 40—90 AD) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, the author of a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for well more than a thousand years. A native of Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, Dioscorides practiced in Rome at the time of Nero. He was a surgeon with the army of the emperor, so he had the opportunity to travel extensively, seeking medicinal substances (plants and minerals) from all over the Roman and Greek world. This miniature painting is from a 13th century Arabic edition of Disocorides' work. <br/><br/>.
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Rama and Sita with monkey army for palace. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1670 - 1690. Place: Murshidabad. Measurements: h 150 mm × w 265 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Island of the Orient in 1237, miniature from The Science of Al-Hariri, Persia 13th Century.
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The Brahmin's predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish, who relays the news to the king of the ocean, from a Tuti-nama, Tales of a Parrot. Tutinama, Tales of a Parrot, is a series of 52 stories in Persian from the 14th century, in the 16th century Mughal Emperor Agbar commissioned an illustrated version, Eleventh Night, c. 1560. Mughal India, Court of Akbar (ruled 1556-1605), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original au
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"Pair of Serpents", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu' 1297-99 Ibn Bakhtishu' This folio exemplifies the impact of Chinese art on Iranian painting as a result of the Mongol conquest. The lava-like rock at the right and the tree with its knotty bark and twisted form are adapted from Far Eastern painting as are the limited use of color and pastel shades. However, the flat ground line at the bottom of the picture follows an early Islamic tradition, and the use of red as a background color for areas of darkness, such as the hole in the rock, is also a feature often found in early Persian painting.. "Pair of Serpents", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu' 451322
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"Prince Killing a Lion", Folio from the Davis Album. Calligrapher: Ali Reza. Dimensions: Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)W. 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)Painting: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Date: 17th century.This dramatic scene depicts a prince stabbing a wounded lion as his horse sinks its teeth into the lion's neck. On the basis of the tightly wound turban with a thick bulge in front and a fanned end with flowers on a gold ground the painting can be dated to the 1690's or early eighteenth century. A signature would have appeared in the faintly visible cartouche beneath the horse's belly but it has faded into illegibility. The style of the work with the lightly painted villages and mountains in the background recalls works of the 1690s signed by Muhammad Zaman. The bold nasta'liq calligraphy mounted above and below the painting is signed by 'Ali Riza 'Abbasi, the director of the library of Shah 'Abbas (r. 1587-1629). Museu
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Elephant and rider, Keshavdas (possibly), c. 1580 - c. 1590 Age op Olifant. India paper. deck paint. gouache (paint) brush Age op Olifant. India paper. deck paint. gouache (paint) brush
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A King Making Love in the Harem, c. 1720-30. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 13.7 x 9.5 cm (5 3/8 x 3 3/4 in.); miniature: 8.3 x 8.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.). From a series of paintings valorizing the virility of the ruler, this scene of lovemaking is set in the lavish interior space of the palace womens quarters. Mauve floral carpet, gold lattice window, and vessels for wine and breath-freshening paan enhance the scene. The marble walls with gold flowering plants and niches appear gray in the dim evening light.
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Most notable in this illustration are the expressive faces and animated gestures that the players display. The 9th-century historian al-Mas'udi wrote that such 'pleasantry and jests' were customary among chess players in Baghdad at that time.
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EL CORAN. Detalle del segundo 'sura' (capítulo) .
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"The Birds and the Monkeys with the Glow Worm", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna. Dimensions: 12.5 in. high 8.87 in. wide (31.8 cm high 22.6 cm wide). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Tasrîh-i Mansûrî The human body with descriptions of the muscular system, fol. 23. 1675. Mansur ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad, active 14th century. text. Manuscripts, Illuminations, illuminated manuscripts. Spencer Collection. Manuscripts, Persian, Anatomy , Early works to 1800
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Illustration depicting female demon figures, from 1538 edition, of 'Kitb-I ajyb al-makhlqt va gharib al-mawjdt'. (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) a 12th century, Islamic, Persian scientific book by Zakary ibn Muammad Qazwn
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Woman on a Terrace Indian. Woman on a Terrace, ca. 1775. Opaque watercolors and gold on paper, sheet: 13 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (34.9 x 21.9 cm). Asian Art ca. 1775
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Japan: 'E-Karuta' (Playing Card), watercolour painting by Shigeru Aoki, 1904, Kawamura Art Museum, Sakura
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Folios from a Non-Illustrated Manuscript 16th-17th century. Folios from a Non-Illustrated Manuscript 453478
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Folio from a Manuscript of Al-Qazwini's Ajaib Almakhluqat. India, Deccan, circa 1675. Manuscripts. Opaque watercolor and red ink on paper
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Transfer of the embryo from Mahariva. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1460 - 1480. Place: Gujarat. Measurements: h 110 mm × w 75 mm; w 256 mm; w 201 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Tomb Stone Tile. Iran; Kashan. Date: 1486. Dimensions: 36.9 x 24.7 x 3.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.). Fritware with blue underglaze and luster-painted overglaze decoration. Origin: Iran. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Islamic.
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Squatting figure. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1395 - 1405. Place: Persia. Measurements: h 153 mm × w 119 mm; h 105 mm × w 77 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Illustration depicting Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, from 1538 edition, of 'Kitb-I ajyb al-makhlqt va gharib al-mawjdt'. (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) a 12th century, Islamic, Persian scientific book by Zakary ibn Muammad Qazwn
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Al-Hariri of Basra (1054-1122). Arab erudite and poet.; Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti. The Maqamat' (The Assemblies of al-Hariri), characteristic genre of the medieval arabic literature. Edition carried out in Bagdad and illustrated by al-Wasiti (1237). Sawyer. Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.
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Calligraphy Calligraphy, 18th century. Ink and gold on paper, Page: 7 3/4 x 12 in. (19.7 x 30.5 cm). Arts of the Islamic World 18th century
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Arabic characters in two lines in gold and black. Colour woodcut by an Indian artist, late 1800s.
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Former dignitaries of Abdulhamid II in barrels. unknown, graphic artist