And Gold On Paper Collection (page 5)

A Rajput Warrior with Camel, Possibly Maru Ragini from a Ragamala, 1650-80. Creator: Unknown
A Rajput Warrior with Camel, Possibly Maru Ragini from a Ragamala, 1650-80

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1585. Creator
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the Tales of Ise ( Ise Monogatari ), 1600-1640
The Beach at Sumiyoshi from the " Tales of Ise" (" Ise Monogatari" ), 1600-1640. The poem written on the painting comes from The Tales of Ise

A Lady Plucking Flowers with Peacocks, Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the Chawand
A Lady Plucking Flowers with Peacocks, Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the " Chawand Ragamala", 1605

Chrysanthemums by the Water, 1761-1828. Creator: Sakai Hoitsu (Japanese, 1761-1828)
Chrysanthemums by the Water, 1761-1828

Maharaja Jagat Singh Hunting, 1734-1751. Creator: Unknown
Maharaja Jagat Singh Hunting, 1734-1751. One of the favorite pastimes of the Rajputana nobility was hunting, a subject frequently depicted in secular painting in Rajasthan

Maharaja Abhai Singh, Equestrian, Watching Girls Swinging at the Teej Festival, c. 1740. The Teej Festival celebrates the coming of the monsoons that bring the rains essential for the crops

Madhu Madhavi Ragini, c. 1630-1640. Creator: Unknown
Madhu Madhavi Ragini, c. 1630-1640

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The Brahman gives... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylons daughter to his friend, the magician, c. 1560

Pan Lang (Han Ro), early 1600s. Creator: Unkoku T?gan (Japanese, 1547-1618)
Pan Lang (Han Ro), early 1600s. This is one of the pair of screens depicts episodes from the stories of famed Song-dynasty poets Su Shi of the 1000s and Zhou-dynasty official Pan Lang of the 900s

On the Benefits of Quails (verso) from a Manafi al-Hayawan... c. 1300. Creator: Unknown
On the Benefits of Quails (verso) from a Manafi al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu (d. 1058), c. 1300

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fourth night: The mendicants wife deceives him with a soldier, c. 1560. According to this story, written in Persian

Bahram Gur Arrives at the House of a Merchant, text page (recto), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama, 1330-35

Krishna Stealing Curds, late 1700s. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Stealing Curds, late 1700s

Lady Longing for her Lover, Varari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala, 1650-60. Creator: Unknown
Lady Longing for her Lover, Varari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala, 1650-60. A lady clasps her hands above her head in a posture of seduction meant to show off her figure as she anticipates her

Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion, c. 1810. Creator: Unknown
Ladies Shooting from a Pavilion, c. 1810. The anonymous master who painted this work reveled in detailed depictions of animals in nature

Leaf from a Koran, 1100s. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from a Koran, 1100s. Arabic calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing, was elevated above all other art forms in the Islamic world because Allah, or God

Black and White Bird Perched on a Shrub, 1651-1652. Creator: Shafi Abbasi (Iranian)
Black and White Bird Perched on a Shrub, 1651-1652. In Iran between the 1630s and 1650s, the court painter Shafi Abbasi, son of the renowned painter Riza Abbasi

Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua, mid- to late 1600s. Creator: Kusumi Morikage (Japanese, c)
Emperor Yao Visiting Yu Chonghua, mid- to late 1600s. One of a pair, this screen shows a section of the narrative of how the Chinese Emperor Yao (about 2356-2255 BC) selected his successor

Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), 1400s. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), 1400s

A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants, c. 1730. Creator: Unknown
A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants, c. 1730. This princess is waiting for her lover to arrive. Thinking of him, she touches her breast and her lap

The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwans Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China
" The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwans Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. c. 1482

Arrival of the Southern Barbarians, c. 1600. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the " Southern Barbarians", c. 1600

Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto); Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Munis al-Ahrar fi Daqaiq al-Ashar (The Free Mens Companion to the Subtleties of Poems)

An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640-1660. Creator: Unknown
An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640-1660

An African Lyre Player, c. 1640-1660. Creator: Unknown
An African Lyre Player, c. 1640-1660. The anonymity of the subject of this painting obscures whether this is a portrait of a historical person, or a generic depiction of a musician

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