Tiraz Fragment

Textile, Islamic, Abbasid; 1 ft. 10 63/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; cotton, ink, and gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted Inscription: black ink and gold leaf; painted

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

11 47/64 in.x 8 47/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great) from a Shahnama by Firdawsi

1 ft. 10 43/64 in.x 11 11/16 in.; opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Satire on Art Criticism

Rembrandt van Rijn; 6 7/64 in.x 7 29/32 in.; pen and brown ink corrected with white

Studies for an Altarpiece with the Virgin Enthroned, Attended by Four Saints (recto)

Polidoro da Caravaggio; 7 61/64 in.x 11 47/64 in.; pen and brown ink, some brush and brown wash

Five grotesque heads, and three heads of men in profile

Leonardo da Vinci; 8 37/64 in.x 6 1/32 in.; pen and ink, over red chalk on paper

Venus Shooting an Arrow Through an Opening of the Tower: detail, from Le Roman de la Rose

Manuscript, French, 15C; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

The Arcades at the Palais Royal

Louis Léopold Boilly; 1 ft. 2 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 5 63/64 in.; pen and black ink with black and grey wash over traces of graphite on paper

Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in the Dark Palace on Saturday", Folio 23v from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizam

Manuscript, Islamic, Timurid; 8 1/2 in.x 4 39/64 in. (image); ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Khusrau Seated on his Throne", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizam

Shaikh Zada; 1 ft. 41/64 in.x 8 21/32 in.; opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper

Tomb, excavated artifact, Rabbits, Birds, Bamboo and Flowers, center portion: birds and flowers; from the western interior wall of the outer (xiaozhang) coffin

Liaoning. Faku. Yemaotai; hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk

Bamboo and Rocks

Wang Meng; 2 ft. 6 25/64 in. x 10 5/8 in.; hanging scroll, ink on paper

Bamboo and Rocks: upper portion

Wang Meng; hanging scroll, ink on paper

Bamboo and Rocks: lower portion

Wang Meng; hanging scroll, ink on paper

Life of Tao Yuanming, section 4, right side: Tao Yuanming and a servant looking at birds in flight

Li Zai; handscroll, ink on paper