River - Persian miniature painted in 1398. Artist unknown
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Shirin Neshat
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Shirin Neshat again
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Diagram for computing astronomical periods, used for meditation, India, 18th century
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Squirrels in a plane tree by Abu al-Hasan (1589 – c. 1630), Mughal India
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Portions of an 18th c palampore (bed cover) featuring Tree of Life design, the Coromandel Coast, SE India, of painted and resist-dyed cotton
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Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwini (1203-1283)
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Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat by al-Qazwini (1203-1283)
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Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat by al-Qazwini (1203-1283)
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Birds and Flowers - Muhammad Yusuf, Persia, 17th century
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A firman (imperial decree), paper, written in Tawqi and Taliq
Iran, probably Isfahan; 816 H = 1414
H: 600; W: 50 cm
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Drawing pasted on an album leaf with calligraphy. “Two Wild Boars”
Iran, Herat or Tabriz; 2nd half of 15th century
Drawing: 6.6 × 10.8 cm
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Miniature from Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi’s Kitab suwar al-kawakib. “The Constellation Gemini”
Iran; beginning of 15th C
Leaf: 21.4 × 14.3 cm
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