Islamic Art
Guide to Islamic Art & Persian Miniatures
Persian Paintings
Sotheby's Fath Ali Shah signed by Ahmad, Persia, dated A.H.1226/A.D.1811
Persian Miniature Paintings
Persian Minatures: The Cary Welch Rustam and White Div
Persian Miniature Art: 15th century Turkmen Wolves Sotheby's
Persian Miniature Art: Deer and Bird Lacquer Book Covers
Persian Miniature Art: The Demotte Standing Youth, dated 1608 with Mughal Borders
Persian Miniature Bukhara School Yusof-O Zolaykha of Jami. 1566
"Young Women" signed by Mahmud Muzahhib
A City Dweller Desecrates a Garden
A Comparison of Figural Representation
A youth talking with a man. Shiraz Circa 1560
Abdullah at the court in Kabul?
Boars in a Fifteenth Century Miniature
Dragon & Horseman - Sadiqi Beg (?)
Encampment with Camels Herat circa 1600
Execution Before a King by Bihzad
Fete Champetre Shiraz circa 1575
Haftvad and the Worm c. 1540 signed "Dust Muhammad painted this"circa 1640
Hunting Scene mid-16th century
Iskandar and Nushabeh. Persian Painting Shiraz Circa 1560
Keir Collection "Hawking Party"
Portrait of the Prince Aqa Mirak Tabriz, Circa 1530
Portrait of Young Woman Mirza Ali circa 1540
Rustem meeting Kay Qubad Shiraz, 1560-70
Seated Princess Mohammadi, Herat, circa 1565
Shaykhzadeh, Tabriz, circa 1520
Sixteenth century Persian Turbans
The Kevorkian Portrait of a Seated Flautist
The Master Spy Escapes c. 1562 - 1577
The Turkmen Prisoner 1590 - 1600 by Farrukh Beg
Uzbek Khan's Portrait by Shaykh Muhammad 1557
Youth and Old Age Tabriz circa 1530
Persian Miniature Turkmen School Giv brings Gurgin before Kay Khusrau. 1493-94
Persian Miniature: Fable of the Friendly Bear
Bears Khorasan 3rd quarter 16th c
Shiraz Hunting Scene, Circa 1580
Persian Painting "Coronation of Soltan Hosayn Mirza Bayqara" Attributed to Mansur, Herat circa 1469
Persian Painting "Majnum Comes Before Layla Disguised As A Sheep" from the Haft Awrang of Jami
Persian Painting The Traveler and the Dervish
Persian Painting: Bahram Gur in the Green Pavilion
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