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The Game of Leap Frog (1785): Art, History and Details

The Game of Leap Frog at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1785, wax on slate. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe (mid-1500s): Art, History and Details

Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1500s, Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collecti

Fragment with crowned lions, palmettes, and escutcheons (1400s-1500s): Art, History and Details

Fragment with crowned lions, palmettes, and escutcheons at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1400s-1500s, Silk: lampas weave. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Piña cloth (mid-1800s): Art, History and Details

Piña cloth at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1800s, piña fiber, silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Purse (early 1600s): Art, History and Details

Purse at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1600s, embroidery; silk and silver filé on linen ground. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Mosque Lamp (1585–95): Art, History and Details

Mosque Lamp at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1585–95, Fritware with underglaze design. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu) (1800s, before 1871; pin added later): Art, History and Details

Disk Pendant (akrafokɔnmu) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, before 1871; pin added later, Gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Ornament with Figure (600–1000): Art, History and Details

Ornament with Figure at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 600–1000, shell, stone, and metal (silver?). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Plate with the Name "Maria" (c. 1437): Art, History and Details

Plate with the Name "Maria" at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1437, tin-glazed earthenware, gold lustre. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Staff Head(?) (c. 400–700): Art, History and Details

Staff Head(?) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 400–700, cast gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Altar Cross with Stand (1140–1150): Art, History and Details

Altar Cross with Stand at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1140–1150, bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Woman in a Striped Dress (c. 1900): Art, History and Details

Woman in a Striped Dress at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1900, color lithograph. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Jar (222–650 CE): Art, History and Details

Jar at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 222–650 CE, earthenware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Mantel (c. 1730): Art, History and Details

Mantel at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1730, marble. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Adam and Eve (1504): Art, History and Details

Adam and Eve at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1504, engraving. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1740): Art, History and Details

The Adoration of the Magi at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1740, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Man Entwined by Two Snakes (c. 1527): Art, History and Details

Man Entwined by Two Snakes at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1527, pen and brown ink and brown and blue wash, heightened with white gouache. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Luster Bowl with Antelope (1000s): Art, History and Details

Luster Bowl with Antelope at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1000s, earthenware with luster-painted design. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Luster Bowl with Ibex (1000s): Art, History and Details

Luster Bowl with Ibex at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1000s, earthenware with luster-painted design. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hitching Post (1200s): Art, History and Details

Hitching Post at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1200s, limestone. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Luxury Inlaid Container (c. 1250–1350): Art, History and Details

Luxury Inlaid Container at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1250–1350, sheet brass, inlaid with silver and gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Wade Cup with Animated Script (1200–1221): Art, History and Details

The Wade Cup with Animated Script at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1200–1221, brass inlaid with silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits] (c. 1400–1410): A

Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits] at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1400–1410, opaque wate

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); the Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso) from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (1555

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); the Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso) from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1555–65, opaq

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets] (1555–65): Art, History and Details

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets] at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1555–65, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on pap

The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso) (1555–65): Art, History and Details

The Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141–1209) (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1555–65, ink and gold on paper. Explore the work's c

Bottle (c. 1900): Art, History and Details

Bottle at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1900, glass with enameled and gilded decoration. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso) (c. 1485): Art, History and Details

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) and Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1485, opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attri

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) (c. 1485): Art, History and Details

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1485, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads (mid-1500s): Art, History and Details

Dragon in foliage with lion and phoenix heads at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1500s, Ink, gum tempera, and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso) (late 1500s–early 1600s): Art, History and Details

Persian Couplets (recto); Sleeping Youth (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1500s–early 1600s, ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Persian Couplets (recto), Calligraphy, Persian Verses; Single Page Manuscript (late 1500s–early 1600s): Art, History and Details

Persian Couplets (recto), Calligraphy, Persian Verses; Single Page Manuscript at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1500s–early 1600s, ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript (early 1600s): Art, History and Details

Sleeping Youth (verso), Illustration from a Single Page Manuscript at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1600s, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Bookbinding for a Qur'an (1460–1500): Art, History and Details

Bookbinding for a Qur'an at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1460–1500, leather over paper pasteboards; outer cover tooled, blue paint; inner covers openwork designs over colored papers. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and colle

Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir (early 1600s): Art, History and Details

Portrait Jewel of Emperor Jahangir at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1600s, Gum tempera and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb) (c. 1700): Art, History and Details

Portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1700, Gum tempera and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing (1550–99): Art, History and Details

Khusrau Surprising Shirin While Bathing at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1550–99, Silk: velvet, pile-warp substitution. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing (1550–99): Art, History and Details

Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1550–99, silk; velvet, cut, pile-warp substitution. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing (1550–99): Art, History and Details

Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1550–99, silk; velvet, cut, pile-warp substitution. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Rooster (c. 1620): Art, History and Details

Rooster at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1620, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.