Central Asian Collection (page 3)

Main entrance into Shakh-i Zindeh mosque, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Men seated on steps under archway at the Shah-i-Zinda necropolis

Tillia-Kari from Uluk-Bek, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tillia-Kari from Uluk-Bek, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Ulugh Beg Observatory was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg

Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mosaics on the Shakh-i Zindeh walls, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th-15th and 19th centuries

Entrance into Namazga mosque, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Entrance into Namazga mosque, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Study in Shakh-i Zindeh mosque, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Study in Shakh-i Zindeh mosque, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 11th-15th and 19th centuries

Camel loaded with sacks, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Camel loaded with sacks, [Central Asia?], between 1905 and 1915. Camel laden with what is most likely grain or cotton. Camel caravans remained the most common means of transporting food

Man with camel loaded with packs, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man with camel loaded with packs, between 1905 and 1915. Wearing traditional dress and headgear, a Turkmen camel driver poses with his camel, laden with what is most likely grain or cotton

On the Registan, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
On the Registan, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Men and boys posed on steps of mosque (?). Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Carpenter, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Carpenter, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Man shaving bark from a length of timber. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

At work on the upper reaches of the Syr-Darya, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915
At work on the upper reaches of the Syr-Darya, Golodnaia [or Golodnaya] Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Four men on a horse-drawn cart, next to a cliff

Kush-Beggi (Minister of the Interior), Bukhara, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Kush-Beggi (Minister of the Interior), Bukhara (in Uzbekistan), between 1905 and 1915. Man seated, posed, holding sword across his lap

Water pipe, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Water pipe, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Man seated with water pipe, next to an ornate wall. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Elderly Sart man (Babaika), Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Elderly Sart man (Babaika), Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. An old man, probably and ethnic Tajik, standing in the snow, holding a brace of dead birds

Prince Picnicking with Female Attendants, 18th century or later. Creator: Unknown
Prince Picnicking with Female Attendants, 18th century or later

Tile, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Tile, 19th century

Miniature Depicting Prophet, 17th century or later. Creator: Unknown
Miniature Depicting Prophet, 17th century or later

Miniature Depicting Prophet, 17th century or later. Creator: Unknown
Miniature Depicting Prophet, 17th century or later

Tile (image 2 of 2), 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Tile (image 2 of 2), 17th century

At the Saliuktin mines, on the outskirts of Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915
At the Saliuktin (or Salyukta?) mines, on the outskirts of Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Horse-drawn cart in front of snow-covered cliff

Tomb on the mountain in Shakh-i Zindeh, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tomb on the mountain in Shakh-i Zindeh, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Man seated next to an ornate mausoleum. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

A Seated Angel (Peri), Mounted on an album leaf (image 3 of 4), between c1610 and c1625. Creator: Unknown
A Seated Angel (Peri), Mounted on an album leaf (image 3 of 4), between c1610 and c1625

Group of Jewish children with a teacher, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Group of Jewish children with a teacher, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Ethnic Diversity: Jewish Children with their Teacher

Découpé Flowers and Birds Around a Découpé Tree with Feathery Branches, Late 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Decoupe Flowers and Birds Around a Decoupe Tree with Feathery Branches, Late 16th century

Nazar Magomet, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Nazar Magomet, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Man on horseback, posed, next to adobe structure with a dog and another horse nearby

Melon vendor, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Melon vendor, Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915. Dressed in traditional Central Asian attire, a vendor of locally grown melons poses at his stand in the marketplace of Samarkand in present-day

Begging Dervish in a Sheepskin Mantle, Second quarter of 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Begging Dervish in a Sheepskin Mantle, Second quarter of 17th century

Man, probably Kazakh or Burut, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Man, probably Kazakh or Burut, between 1870 and 1886

The Ferry at Semapolatinsk [ie, Seme i], between 1885 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Ferry at Semapolatinsk [ie, Seme i], between 1885 and 1886

Group of Tartars [ie, Tatars] at small village near Minisinsk [ie, Minusinsk], between 1885 and 1886 Creator: Unknown
Group of Tartars [ie, Tatars] at small village near Minisinsk [ie, Minusinsk], between 1885 and 1886. A Tartar family posed in front of their home near Minusinsk

Group of Tartars [ie, Tatars], maiden & boy at small village near Minisinsk... between 1885 and 86. Creator: Unknown
Group of Tartars [ie, Tatars], maiden & boy at small village near Minisinsk [ie, Minusinsk], between 1885 and 1886

The Russians in Central Asia, view of the Transcaspian Railway, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Russians in Central Asia, view of the Transcaspian Railway, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Twelve-Point Star, late 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Twelve-Point Star, late 15th century

Beaker, 2nd half of the 4th millenium BCE. Creator: Unknown
Beaker, 2nd half of the 4th millenium BCE

Jewelry Elements, Iran or Central Asia, late 14th-16th century. Creator: Unknown
Jewelry Elements, Iran or Central Asia, late 14th-16th century. Few examples of medieval Islamic jewelry survive, this resembles pieces from Ilkhanid depictions

Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Creator: Unknown
Figure, Iran or Central Asia, 12th century. Cup-bearer associated with kingship and investiture

Mirror, Iran or Central Asia, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Mirror, Iran or Central Asia, 11th-12th century

Bowl, Iran or Central Asia, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Bowl, Iran or Central Asia, 15th century. Modeled after a bowl from Ming China

Annual migration of a Tartar family, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Annual migration of a Tartar family, 1844. Group of Tatars on horseback travelling through the Crimean Peninsula:a Tartar household pursuing their precipitous way down the side of a torrent valley

Taguri Tatars of the Crimea, c1820s-30s. Creator: D. K. Bonatti (fl. 1720-80)
Taguri Tatars of the Crimea, from Costume dei... by Giulio Ferrario, c.1820s-30s (coloured engraving). the Tatars are a Turkic-speaking peoples living mainly in Russia and other Post-Soviet countries

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