Camel Rider in the Desert

This fine drawing of a camel and a watchful man is executed in black ink and highlighted with pink and yellow watercolor. The camel is tied from its forefeet to a cut tree trunk. I...

A peri, a winged fairy-like spirit of Persian mythology, sits on top of a composite camel made up of three female dancers. The barefoot dancers wear large-leafed skirts and gold je...

The drawing on the recto of this folio depicts a man wearing a Safavid turban who faces a camel. The man holds the camel by a ring on its bridle. Both man and beast are portrayed i...

This agate scaraboid stamp seal features an image of a rider attacking a rampant boar. The carving of the horse is shallow, save for the swells of its chest and hindquarters. Its h...

Vivid, fragmentary tapestry woven band with two riders. Each rider raises high his left arm. The upper rider has red hair, white clothing, and large yellow shoes. He sits on a red ...

In the tragic romance between Layla and Qays (later known as majnun—“mad” or “possessed”), the two met and fell in love as schoolchildren. Layla’s father rejected Qays’s marriage p...

This chalcedony scaraboid stamp seal features an image of a mounted warrior attacking a foot soldier. The horse has a lumpy body, wispy legs, and a large head. There is no groundli...