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Kamānche
Iranian (Persian)
ca. 1880
From Persian Miniatures to Stan Brakhage
Vivan Sundaram
1968
"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu'
1297–99
Ewer with Molded Inscriptions, Animals, and Dancers
last quarter 11th or 12th century
Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden
ca. 1430
Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress
12th–early 13th century
Figure of Harpy
12th–early 13th century
"Rustam Pleads for Tus Before Kai Khusrau," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
"Jonah and the Whale", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Bahman Taking Revenge on the Sistanians" Folio from the Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
"Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30
"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425
Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi
Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE
Studies for European-Style Portrait Miniatures and a Damsel Arranging Flowers
ca. 1870
Bracelet or anklet with lion
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Harness ring
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Whetstone handle
Iran
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Anthropomorphic "fertility" tube
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Top for standard
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Pin
Iran
ca. 8th–7th century BCE