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Sugar pot
American
1790–1820

Celestial Globe
ʿAlam al-Din Qaysar
A.H. 622 (1225/26)

Finial with Inscription "Ya Khafar" ("Oh, Protector!")
17th century

Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
17th century

Autumn III
Zahoor ul Akhlaq
1988

Ornamental Boss
16th century

American

ca. 1770–1820

Redware Slip-decorated dish
Dennis Family Potters
ca. 1790–1810

Locket Pendant, Possibly a Pomander, in Shape of Shell with Animal-Headed Cap Flanked by a Small Bird on Sides
17th century

Standard
early 18th century

Calligraphic Roundel, inscribed "Ya 'Aziz" (Oh Mighty)
late 16th–early 17th century

Portrait of the Elephant 'Alam Guman
Bichitr
ca. 1640

Helmet
early 17th century

Saber (Talwar) with Scabbard
Indian
blade, dated A.H. 835/1673 CE; hilt, 19th century

Spittoon or Incense Burner
late 16th–early 17th century

Shield with Hunting and Landscape Vignettes
second half 17th century

Tile
18th century

Tile
late 15th century

Fragment of a Processional Standard ('Alam)
late 16th century

Altar Pedestal
French
1400–25

Mounted Hunter with Cheetah
12th–early 13th century

Processional Standard ('Alam)
late 17th–early 18th century

Fragment of a Standard ('Alam)
17th century

Portrait of the Emperor Aurangzeb
17th century

Brazier
probably 15th century

"Red-Headed Vulture", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
recto and verso: early 19th century

Roundel with Repeated Inscription
late 16th century

Amphitheater at Verona, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"
Anonymous
1560

Begging Bowl
Yar Muhammad
dated 1130 AH/1717–18 CE

Inscribed Banner
Isma'il Kashani
dated 1107 AH/1695–96 CE

"Portrait of Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II of Bijapur", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Hashim
verso: ca. 1620; recto: 1534 or later

recto: "Portrait of Raja Suraj Singh Rathor", verso: Page of Calligraphy. Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
Bishan Das
recto: late 16th century; verso: ca. 1640