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Casket (cofanetto or scrigno)
Italian, Venice
1575–1600

Stamp seal
Islamic
1st millennium CE

A Stallion
Habiballah of Sava
ca. 1601–6

Candlestick inscribed with Wishes for Good Fortune, Peace, and Happiness to its Owner
ca. 1500

"Fairies Descend to the Chamber of Prince Manohar", Folio from a Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love)
ca. 1700

Portrait of Kuchal Oghlan: Folio from Salim's Album
Nanha
ca.1595–1600

Wine Drinking in a Spring Garden
ca. 1430

The House of Bijapur
Kamal Muhammad
ca. 1680

Male Papaya Tree
ca. 1790–1800

Pilgrim Flask
early 17th century

"Three Trees of India", Folio from a Baburnama (Autobiography of Babur)
late 16th century

Munajat (Confidential Talks) of 'Ali ibn Abu-Talib
ca. 1200

Book of Prayers, Surat al-Yasin and Surat al-Fath
Ahmad Nairizi
dated 1132 AH/1719–20 CE

The Virgin and Child Attended by Angels
Manohar
ca 1600

Standing Figure with Feathered Headdress
12th–early 13th century

Figure of Harpy
12th–early 13th century

Prince Riding Prancing Horse
late 16th century

Miniature Qur'an and Qur'an Case
Muhammad Al-Qari
dated 963 AH/1555 CE

"Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425

"Siyavush Displays his Skill at Polo before Afrasiyab," Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
dated 741 AH/1341 CE

Portrait of a Dervish
16th century

"Sakyamuni (Buddha) Announces Another Prophet", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425

"Oxen amongst Foliage", Folio from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'
Ibn Bakhtishu'
1297–99

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

Portrait of Muhammad Khan Shaibani, the Uzbek (d.1510)
16th century

Princely Couple
1400–1405

A Sufi Sage, After the European Personification of Melancholia (Dolor)
Farrukh Beg
dated 1615

"Adam Makes a Pilgrimage", Folio from a Majma al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)
Hafiz-i Abru
ca. 1425

Bustan (Orchard) of Sa'di
Sa'di
dated 936 AH/1529 CE with later additions

"Elias and Khizr at the Fountain of Life', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
late 15th century

Miniature Qur'an with Lacquered Binding and Carrying Case
19th century

Dish with Two Intertwined Dragons
ca. 1640

Portrait of Sultan Mustafa I (r. 1617–18; 1622–23)
late 17th–early 18th century

Two Youths Romping
late 16th century

Qur'an Manuscript
late 18th–early 19th century

Study of a Bird
Riza-yi 'Abbasi
dated 1043 AH/1634 CE

Palanquin Finials with Lotuses
ca. 1650–80

Wedding Procession of Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
ca. 1650

Sultan Muhammad 'Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan Riding an Elephant
Haidar 'Ali
ca. 1645

A Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses
Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya
ca. 1845