Ownership Notes (recto), Introduction (verso), folio 2 from a Manuscript of the Bustan by Sa`di, Written for Sultan `Abd al-`Aziz (1540-50)

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Handscroll; ink on paper.

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Thread-bound book (manuscript for printed version); ink on paper

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

Two-sided horizontal accordion-fold manuscript; ink, color, and gold on paper; with lacquered covers with gold-painted motifs

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

The thirty-ninth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper