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

Li Zai; handscroll, ink on paper

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child

Limbourg Brothers; 8 7/64 in.x 5 55/64 in.; ink on vellum

Peach Blossom Spring, section of a handscroll

Shitao; H: 9 27/32 in.; handscroll, ink and color on paper

An outcrop of stratified rock

Leonardo da Vinci; 7 9/32 in.x 10 35/64 in.; pen and ink over black chalk on paper

The major organs and vessels

Leonardo da Vinci; 10 15/16 in.x 7 3/4 in.; pen and ink with brown and greenish wash, over black chalk on paper

Gayumarth enthroned in the mountains from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

11 31/32 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

Ardashir captures Ardavan from a Shahnama by Firdawsi

1 ft. 11 5/16 in.x 1 ft. 3 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Zahhak consults the physicians at court from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

9 9/16 in.x 7 3/4 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi, recto: Iskandar (Alexander) and the talking tree

1 ft. 4 1/16 in.x 11 27/32 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

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

Manuscript, French, 15C; 1 ft. 2 29/64 in.x 10 15/64 in.; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

Folio from a Guy u Chawgan (The ball and the polo-mallet), verso: A polo game: the dervish and the shah on the polo field

7 41/64 in.x 4 27/32 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Kako Genzai Ingakyo (Sutra of Cause and Effect)

4 ft. 2 5/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 in.; hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Nathan Admonishing David

Rembrandt van Rijn; 7 21/64 in.x 10 in.; pen and brown ink, heightened with white gouache on paper

Faune de France : contenant la description des espèces indigèns disposées en tableaux analytiques ; et illustrée de figures représentant les types caractéristiques des genres /

Ink stamps in v.3 "Property of Z.P. Metcalf".

Rocket science and missile engineering.

Mode of access: Internet.