Rare example of early scribal freehand. A strikingly rare example of scribal freehand from the Abbasid period that is known for producing Qur'ans i...

Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised by great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...

Timurid manuscript illustration. An early miniature painting from one of Nizami Ganjavi's most loved tragic romances in poetic form, Shirin o Farha...

Single leaf from a Safavid album, illuminated miniature on paper depicting a young Prince in discource with a female, two attendants flanking eith...

Examples of Datia ragamala paintings are rare. A few examples from the same series, also identified as being from Datia, are in the Paul Walter co...

Portraits of the Turkish emperors from the series Recueil des Portraits des Empereurs Ottomans.This is the first edition, first issue of the plate...

Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised my great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...

Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised my great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...

An unusual view and representation of the holy Ka'aba; the most holy site in the Islamic world. Illustrative representations of this site have bee...

A very attractive and large portrait of a Governor of Bombay, possibly of Parsi heritage, apparently executed by a local Indian artist. The large ...

A frequently used viewpoint, afloat on the Bosphorus, the life blood of the city, with small boats and local people going about their daily busine...