Verses About Humility from the Bustan by Sa'di, folio from an album

Ink, black chalk and graphite on paper

Graphite and orange crayon (?) on cream modern laid paper (recto); Watercolor and charcoal on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Left: black counterproof, brown ink and watercolor on off-white laid paper, pricked; Top middle: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper; Bottom middle: graphite and watercolor on off-white wove paper; Right: brown ink on off-white laid paper, pricked and partially and selectively rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Colored inks and graphite on off-white laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Top: Pink and green inks on beige wove paper (verso): Bottom: Green and brown inks on beige laid paper (verso)

Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk; Bottom: brown ink over graphite on white coated wove paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and pounced with charcoal (recto)

Ink, colors, and gold on paper; leather binding with gilded tooling

Red ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked (recto); graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked (verso)

Top: brown ink and black counterproof on off-white wove paper; Bottom: colored inks, graphite and black counterproof on off-white wove paper

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper; pricked, edges and verso rubbed with red chalk (recto); Red and brown inks and graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and rubbed with red chalk (verso)