Artworks · Ali

Eight Men in Indian and Burmese Costume

1800 · Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Margins: Gold on dyed paper

H. 10 in. (25.4 cm) W. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

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"Two Old Men in Discussion Outside a Hut", Folio from the Davis Album

1674 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

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"Portrait of the Russian Ambassador, Prince Andrey Priklonskiy", Folio from the Davis Album

1673 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) Painting with out border: H. 6 in. (15.2 cm) W. 4 in. (10.2 cm) Painting with brown frame border: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm) W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

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Man with Prayer Beads

1625 · Ink, transparent and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

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A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

1615 · Gum tempera and gold on paper

Overall: 23.4 x 14.6 cm (9 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

"Diana, Goddess of the Hunt", Folio from the Davis Album

1600 · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Page: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm) W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

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The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night

1555 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Overall: 20 x 14.7 cm (7 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Painting only: 11.5 x 10.3 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

1555 · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifs

Painting: 12 x 7.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.); Overall: 23.3 x 14.9 cm (9 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

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The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

1555 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

Painting only: 16.4 x 11.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.); Overall: 20 x 14.4 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

1495 · Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paper

Overall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

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Illuminated folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

1465 · Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper

Overall: 30 x 19 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Text area: 16.3 x 9.8 cm (6 7/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Illuminated folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291)

1465 · Gum tempera, ink, gold, and silver on paper

Overall: 30 x 19 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Text area: 16.1 x 9.6 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Astrolabe of ‘Umar ibn Yusuf ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Rasul al-Muzaffari

1290 · Brass; cast and hammered, pierced, chased, inlaid with silver

Case (a): Max. W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm) Diam. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) Bar with attached nail (b): Max. H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) Max. W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) L. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Net (c): Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Plates (d-g): Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm) Pin (h): L. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

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Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi

1181 · Bronze; cast, engraved, chased, pierced

OveralL. H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm) L. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm) W. 9 in. (22.9 cm) L. from heel of back foot to toe of front foot: 22 in. (55.9 cm) L. from toe of front foot to tip of nose: 4 in. (10.2 cm) L. from heel of back foot to tip of taiL. 7 in. (17.8 cm)

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