Opaque watercolor on paper in art: 80 works

Medium80 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	80
Date Range	10 AD – 1899
Primary Department	Islamic Art (197)
Most Common Form	Codices (193)
Cultures Represented	10
Countries	12
Public Domain	319 works (86%)

Works by Century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

Departments

Islamic Art

197

Asian Art

172

Forms & Classifications

Codices

193

Paintings

174

Works on Paper

Cultures Represented

Tibet · 26 India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) · 16 India (Rajasthan, Mewar) · 14 India (Rajasthan, Bikaner) · 11 India · 10 India (Gujarat) · 8 India (Rajasthan, Marwar) · 8 India (Punjab Hills, Guler) · 6 India (Rajasthan, Bundi) · 4 India (Rajasthan) · 4

Historical Periods

Early Rajput-Chaurapanchasika style · 1Early Rajput -Chaurapanchasika style · 1

Geographic Distribution

Egypt or Syria

India

Iran

Egypt

Iraq

Turkey

probably Egypt

Western Iran or Northern Iraq

Egypt or Iraq

India|present-day Afghanistan or Iran

Cities Represented

Calcutta · 4Bijapur · 3Baghdad · 2probably Calcutta · 2Delhi or Agra · 2Aurangabad · 2Mankot · 2Basholi · 2Jammu (Bahu) · 2Jammu · 2

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
"Rooster", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript	Codices	10th–11th century	Egypt
"Hare", Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild…	Codices	11th–12th century	Egypt
"Rows of Animals Alternating with Cut-off Heads", Folio…	Codices	11th–12th century	Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	11th–12th century	probably Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	11th–12th century	Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	dated A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	dated A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	dated A.H. 531/ A.D. 1137	Iran
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	dated A.H. 531/A.D. 1137	Iran
Herdsman and his Flock	Codices	second half of 12th century	Egypt
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	dated A.H. 588/ A.D. 1192–93	Iraq
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	late 12th–early 13th century	Western Iran or Northern Iraq
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	late 12th–early 13th century	Western Iran or Northern Iraq
Battle Scene	Codices	13th century	Probably Egypt
Figure of a Man	Codices	13th century	Egypt or Iraq
Folio from a Materia Medica of Dioscorides	Codices	13th century	Iraq
Folio from the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides	Codices	13th century	Iraq
Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	13th–14th century	probably Iran
Calligraphic Fragment	Codices	14th–15th century	Egypt
Drawing of the Head of a Simurgh	Codices	14th century	Egypt
Illustrated Single Work	Codices	14th century	Egypt
Seated Figure with Crossed Legs Holding a Carafe	Codices	14th century	Egypt or Syria
Qur'anic Compilation Page	Codices	ca. 1370	Iraq
Folio	Paintings	late 14th century	India (Gujarat)
Folio	Paintings	late 14th century	India (Gujarat)
Bifolium from al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat (Blessings of…	Codices	15th–16th century
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet
Initiation card	Paintings	early 15th century	Tibet

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