This illustration from Walters manuscript W.659 depicts a myrtle tree (as).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Walters manuscript leaf W.865, this painting of a nilgai (also called a blue bull or Boselaphus tragocamelus), which is an antelope indigenous to Asia, is attributable to the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1037-1068 AH/AD 1627-1658).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Shah Jahan (1037-1068 AH/AD 1627-1658)Style:
Walters manuscript leaf W.865, is the back of a painting of a nilgai.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Shah Jahan (1037-1068 AH/AD 1627-1658)Style:
The pictured lion, whose hindquarters are fluted tubes, is executed in a detailed and lively fashion. The reclining animal once faced another lion, and together they formed the terminals of a bracelet. The hoop was most likely made out of thick gold wire, of which only traces remain inside the tubes.For the latest information about this object, armlets; terminals, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 depicts a palm tree.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 depicts a parrot (sitting on a bull), a fish, and a snake.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 depicts a parrot and a nightingale.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
These illustrations from Walters manuscript W.659 depict a peach tree (khukh) and a tree called dar shish'an.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
These illustrations from Walters manuscript W.659 depict a peacock and a kind of partridge (tayhuj).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
These illustrations from Walters manuscript W.659 depict a pear tree (kummathra) and laghiyah plants (perhaps la'iyah or Irish spurge).For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ottoman DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.621 depicts a peasant brought before a tyrant king and ordered to be executed.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Safavid DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a peasant carries a lion from a compound in the darkness of night. The peasant has mistaken the lion, who had devoured one of his cows, for one of the selfsame cows.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style: