Turbans

Turban fragment (Benaki Museum ΓΕ 14997). Egypt - 10th C. 

Medals of Mehmed II (V&A Museum A.207-1910 & A.202-1910). Italy - 1480

Iskandar, Khizr, and the Fountain of Immortality from Book of Kings (LACMA M.73.5.590). Iran - ca. 1485-95

Bizhan Brings Back the Head of Human from the Book of Kings of Firdawsi (LACMA M.85.237.71). Iran - 1494

Folio from a Manuscript of Nizami’s Khamsa (LACMA M.85.237.99). Turkey - ca. 1500-25

Two Men Under a Tree (LACMA M.73.5.561). Iran - ca. 1525

"Iskandar with the Khaqan of Chin" from Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.427 & 454). Iran - ca. 1550 

"Khusraw Parviz Enthroned" from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.71.73.33). Iran - 1st half of 16th C.  

Firdawsi Receiving Wages in a Bathhouse from the Shahnama of Firdawsi (LACMA M.73.5.591). Iran - ca. 1550-75

"Bahrām Gūr in the Black Pavilion" and "Bahrām Gūr in the Green Pavilion" from the Khamsa of Niẓāmī (SLAM 292:1949 & 397:1952). Persia - early-mid 16th C.

Horse and Groom (LACMA M.2010.54.2). Iran - 1st half of 16th C. 

Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian I (V&A Museum 13079:122). Germany - ca. 1516-19

"Layla and Majnun at School" from the Khamsa of Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.560). Iraq - 1545-55 

"Yusuf, After His Ordeal in the Pit" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.443). Uzbekistan - ca. 1560 

"Flight of the Tortoise" from Haft Awrang (LACMA M.73.5.17). Uzbekistan - 1564-65 

"A School Scene" from Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami (LACMA M.73.5.440). Uzbekistan - 1564-65 

"Layla Standing in the Palm Grove" from Nizami (LACMA M.73.5.576). Iran - 1575-85  

Turkish Youth Standing Under a Tree (LACMA M.85.237.45). Turkey - late 16th C. 

Painting (V&A Museum IM.262-1913). India - 1590

A Court Scene from Habib al-Siyar of Khwandamir (LACMA M.73.5.445). Iran - 1590-1600 

Ornament prints by Camillo Graffico (V&A Museum 21412:3, 21412:5, 21412:6, 21412:8, ). Italy - 1591

Türkisches Manierenbuch (UniKassel Versitat 4° Ms. hist. 31. 41:19r). 1595

Youth with a Sprig of Narcissus (LACMA M.73.5.562). Iran - 1595-1600

Painting (V&A Museum E.1085-1921). Iran - ca. 1600

Sultan Mehmet III Enthroned, Attended by Two Janissaries (LACMA M.85.237.34). Turkey - ca. 1600

Tile (V&A Museum 386-1880). Iran - ca. 1600

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