Gold and ink on paper posters & prints

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Eighth night: Landscape with a lotus pool, c. 1560 Unknown

Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi, c. 1595 Unknown

Study for a Border Design Charles Sprague Pearce

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki on Decorated Paper…, mid-late 17th cent Ogata Soken

Page from Tales of a Parrot: second night: The sentinel in the employ?, c1560 Unknown

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar, ca. 1707-8 Attributed to Stipple Master

Shah Jahan, c. 1630 Hashim

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Twenty-second night: As punishment…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Tenth night: The magic parrot of the merchant?s?, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Forty-eighth night: The bag of gold which…, c. 1560 Unknown

Calligraphy, Persian Verses, 1400s Unknown

The Thirty-Six Immortal Poets, 1798 Ito Jakuchu

Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme, 1500s or 1600s Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Ninth night: The king plucks fruit from the Tree…, c. 156 Unknown

Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama of Firdausi …, c. 1610 Unknown

Midas, Transmuting all into Gold Paper, 1797 James Gillray

Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting, c. 1764 Unknown

Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Third night: The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs…, c. 156 Unknown

Animals, Birds, and Plants; Illustration and Text…, 1341 Unknown

Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi, c. 1640-1650 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Thirteenth night: The infant son of the king…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Sixteenth night: The daughter-in-law returns…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Eighteenth night: The prince?, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Twenty-third night: The merchant?s daughter…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Twentieth night: The third suitor strikes…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Fortieth night: Shahr-Arai?s husband…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Fourteenth night: The origin of music…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Sixteenth night: The vagabond crosses…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Forty-second night: The Raja?s daughter…, c. 1560 Unknown

Decorated Text Page Anonymous

Hanshan and Shide, mid-1500s Shikibu Terutada

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Sixteenth night: The daughter-in-law…, c. 1560 Unknown

Six-fold Screen. Japan, early 18th century Anonymous

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Eleventh night: The king of the Ocean…, c. 1560 Unknown

Page from Tales of a Parrot: Thirty-ninth night: The painting made by…, c. 1560 Unknown