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"Men Treading Grapes", Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 56.20

Carpet

Date: early 16th century
Accession Number: 22.100.52

"Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1530
Accession Number: 1970.301.51

Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

Date: first half 17th century
Accession Number: 12.72.5

Fragment

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.22

Enameled and Gilded Bottle

Date: late 13th century
Accession Number: 41.150

Ceiling

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 56.234.35

Carpet with Triple-arch Design

Date: ca. 1575–90
Accession Number: 22.100.51

Tughra (Official Signature) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66)

Date: ca. 1555–60
Accession Number: 38.149.1

Fragment of a Kaftan Back

Date: mid-16th century
Accession Number: 52.20.15

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 13th–early 14th century
Accession Number: 42.63

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

Painting by Mustafa ibn Vali

Date: ca. 1595
Accession Number: 1994.141

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Date: ca. 1590–95
Accession Number: 28.63.1

The 'Nigde' Carpet

Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 56.217

Ewer with a Feline-shaped Handle

Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 47.100.90

Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Date: late 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 2004.87

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.29

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Accession Number: 17.190.858

Bowl with a Lute Player

Date: late 12th–early 13th century
Accession Number: 57.61.16

Bowl with Inscription, "Sovereignty is God's"

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 38.40.118

Silk 'Kashan' Carpet

Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 58.46

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Date: late 9th–early 10th century
Accession Number: 30.45

The House of Bijapur

Painting by Kamal Muhammad (active 1680s)

Date: ca. 1680
Accession Number: 1982.213

"The Feast of Sada", Folio from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 1970.301.2

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Chitarman (active ca. 1627–70)

Date: recto: 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.24

"Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami

Nizami (Ilyas Abu Muhammad Nizam al-Din of Ganja) (probably 1141–1217)

Date: A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25
Accession Number: 13.228.7.5

"Preparing Medicine from Honey", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides

'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl

Date: dated A.H. 621/ A.D. 1224
Accession Number: 57.51.21

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.22

Jewelry Elements

Date: late 14th–16th century
Accession Number: 1989.87a–l

Textile Fragment

Date: 14th century
Accession Number: 29.22