Judith with the Severed Head of Holofernes, signed Muhammad Zaman, Iran, Isfahan, c. 1680 AD, opaque gold and watercolor on paper, 33.5 x 21 cm.

Medallion carpet, Iran, erhaps Kashan, 16th century AD, wool pile, with metal thread on a silk foundation. 248 x 199 cm.

Muhammad leading Hamzah and the Muslims against the Banu Qaynuqa' from Jami' al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din, Iran, Tabriz, dated 714 AH (1314-15 AD), ink, transluscent and opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper, 43.5 x 30 cm.

Single folios from an oblong-format Qur'an surah al-Baqarah (II, 'The cow'), verses 120-27, and surah Al-'Imran (III, 'The Family of Imran), verses 55-64, North Africa or Spain, 10th century AD, gold on vellum stained royal blue, 15 lines Kufic, 28.3 x 37.7 cm.

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