unknow artist Arhat asleep on his tame tiger
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Thirteenth century Chinese copy after an original by Shih k o,Tenth century,
Commission for the Protection of Cultural Properties
Tokyo
unknow artist Elijah and khizr as mirror images,near the fount of life where their twin fish have resuscitated
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Elijah\'s mule and khizr\'s horse,symbols of thir bodies or physical mounts,also indicate their hierarchial difference in spiritual rank
unknow artist The poet Sa di questions a young scholar before the mosque of Kashghar
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The interior of the mosque,through dual illustration,
However represents Majnun writing verses in Praise of Layli framed within her prayer niche.
unknow artist The hero Isfandiyar slays Arjasp the demonking in the Brazen Hold
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Illustration to a manuscript of Firdawsi\'s Shah-Nameh for the Timurid prince Muhammad juki
Herat
c.1440
unknow artist Solomon,with the Queen of Sheba and their minister Asaph
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rules as symbol of sovereign intellect ouver fairy folk,demons,dragons
the Fowls of the Air,and the beasts of the earth
School of Isfahan
c.1600
unknow artist The hoopoe addresse the soul birds beneath the Tree of Life Springing up from the fount of life
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While the devil as baffled hunter bites his finger
unknow artist Alexander and the hermit
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Illustration to Nizami s Alexander romance,added by the artist Mir Musawwir in Tabriz
c.1535-40
unknow artist Prince Faridun shotts an arrow at a gazelle,an allegory of the ray of divine light piercing the soul
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British Library
unknow artist Prince and hermit
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The Prince represented here is probably Akbar\'s son Salim,the future emperor Jahangir
unknow artist The Hindu king Dabshalim visits Bidpay the Brahmin in his cave to learn the secret of the animal fables of Kalila and Dimna
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Illustration,painted in Lahore or Agra between 1604 and 1610 by the Indo Muslim artist Abu I Hasan,for the Anwar i Suhayli
the Fifteenth century persian Rendition of the fables by Wa iz i Kashifi of Herat.
unknow artist The Pass of Sicri Gully from Bengal entering into the Province of Bahar
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National Maritime Museum
London
unknow artist A View of the Cape of Good Hope,taken on the spot,from on board the Resolution,capt,coode,November 1772
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Oil on canvas
96.5x125.7cm