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Abd al Samad Khan received by Jahandar Shah, around 1770 - 1799. Jahandar Shah, seated on cushions and attended by servants, receives Abd al Samad Khan and his entourage. From a work on the reigns of Badhur Shah I and Jahandar Shah. ID: Or 3610,fol.11 verso.
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Abd al Samad Khan received by Jahandar Shah, around 1770 - 1799. Jahandar Shah,...

Subjects making offerings to Akbar seated on a throne. The scene takes place in a walled garden, with Persian text above and below. From the "Akbar-nameh" by Abu'l-Fazi ibn Mubarak. ID: Add 26203.,fol. 600 verso.
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Subjects making offerings to Akbar seated on a throne. The scene takes place in...

Turkish book painting: Mohammed preaching on his bench in the Medina Mosque; 16th century.
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Turkish book painting: Mohammed preaching on his bench in the Medina Mosque; 16t...

An elephant in a jungle. Detail of the back of a chair. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm In the 1st and 2nd centuries Begram was the capital city of the Kushan Empire. The Begran Treasure is idicative of intense commercial exchanges between all cultural centers from Han China to Greco-Roman and Hellenistic artwork.
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An elephant in a jungle. Detail of the back of a chair. Ivory carving,back of c...

A hunter in the woods. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm
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A hunter in the woods. Ivory carving,back of ch...

Two dancers. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm
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Two dancers. Ivory carving,back of ch...

Six-panel Byobu screen showing Portuguese missonaries and Japanese women playing musical instruments. Nanban trade period, Japan; 18th century CE.
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Six-panel Byobu screen showing Portuguese missonaries and Japanese women playing...

Tchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, he painted this watercolour scene and many others when he returned to England. He had engravings made and published of some of his views.
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Tchien Lung (aka Qianlong, 1711-1799) - Emperor of China, Qing dynasty. William...

William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the Chinese Emperor in Beijing from 1792 to 1794. From numerous sketches he made during his stay, he painted this watercolour scene and many others when he returned to England. He had engravings made and published of some of his views.
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William Alexander (1767-1816) accompanied Lord Macartney's embassy to visit the...

Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862) in Durban (the largest Asian community in South Africa). Miniature painting, 1839.
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Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862) in Durban (the largest Asian community in South Afri...

Charlemagne (742-814) and his third son Pippin (773–810) giving edicts to a clerk. Illuminated manuscript; 10th century.
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Charlemagne (742-814) and his third son Pippin (773–810) giving edicts to a cler...

Saint Dunstan (Archbishop of Canterbury 961–980) writing the Rule of Saint Benedict in a book. He holds a quill pen and a knife, an inkpot rests on the desk. Christ Church Canterbury; circa 1170. Shelfmark: Royal 10 A. XIII Page Folio Number: f.2v
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Saint Dunstan (Archbishop of Canterbury 961–980) writing the Rule of Saint Bene...