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in with gold; vowels and orthographical signs in blue and (oc- 

 casional) I'ed. Illuminated verse-stops and marginal ornaments. 

 Paper leaves : 0.435 x 0.345. 



PAINTING 



42.10. Arabic (Northern Mesopotamia), A. D. 1315. Amida. An illustration 



from a copy of al-Jazari's treatise on automata, Kitdb fi ma'arifat 

 al-hiyal al-handaslya: the face of the water clock called "The Clock 

 of the Drummer." Painted in full color and gold ; text in black 

 nasfc/'i script. Paper leaf: 0.308 x 0.215. (One of a set: 30.71-77, 

 42.10.) 

 42.7. Chinese, Ming dynasty. By Ni Yiian-lu (1593-1044). Six flower sprays. 

 Ink on paper. Seven inscriptions, 10 seals. Signature. Makimono : 

 0.269 X 3.13G. 

 42.11- Persian, thirteenth-fourteenth century. Two leaves from a Shdhndmah 

 42.12. with illustrations painted in color and slight gold as follows : 



42.11. Rustam confronting the Turanian, Pilsam ; horsemen on a 



red ground. 0.099 x 0.240. 



42.12. Kai Khusraw crossing the water of Zirih. 0.133 x 0.241. 

 Text in a delicate naskhi script. Paper leaves (trimmed) : 0.370 x 

 0.303 ; 0.370 x 0.301. 



42.2. Persian, Mongol (Il-Khan) period, fourteenth century. Tabriz school. 

 An illustration from a ShuhnOmah: Shah Nushirwrin bestows largess 

 upon his minister Buzurjmihr. Painted in full color and gold. Text 

 in black naskhi script, titles in gold on blue and red grounds. Paper 

 leaf : 0.412 x 0.295 ; painting : 0.185 x 0.196. (One of a set : 23.5, 30.78, 

 30.79, 35.23, 35.24, 38.3, 42.2.) (Illustrated.) 



POTTERY 



41.12. Arabic (Egypt) tenth-eleventh century (?), Fatimid period. A large, 

 wide-rimmed dish; bold foot -ring (broken, repaired and, in places, 

 restored). Body of soft, white clay, covered with an opaque cream- 

 white glaze. Decoration painted in gold luster with iridescent reflec- 

 tions. Kufic inscriptions ; potter's mark underneath. 0.383 (diameter). 

 (Illustrated.) 



42.5. Mesopotamian, Rakka twelfth-thirteenth century. A shallow bowl with 

 broad everted rim; bold foot-ring (one perforation). Soft, sandy, 

 white clay covered with a transparent, greenish- white glaze; areas of 

 pearly iridescence due to decay. Decoration painted over glaze in 

 golden-brown luster; four spots of turquoise blue. Two naslchl in- 

 scriptions, one partly lost under iridescence. 0.075 x 0.259 (diameter). 



41.11. Persian, dated 607 (A. D. 1210). Kashau. Signed by Sayyid Shams-ad- 



dln al-Hasanl. A plate with scalloped, upright sides and a narrow, 

 grooved rim (broken, repaired and, in places, restored). Body of soft 

 white clay covered with an opaque, cream-white glaze. Decoration 

 painted in golden-brown luster with ruby reflections. Marginal in- 

 scription, including the signature and date. 0.037 x 0.352 (diameter). 

 42.9. Syro-Egyptian, thirteenth century (?). A deep bowl (broken and re- 

 paired). Body of soft rosy-buff clay covered with a white slip under a 

 transparent glaze of greenish cast (crazed). Decoration painted in 

 brown on the slip under glaze. 0.080 x 0.194. 



