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4-1.56. Persian, middle 14th century. Mongol (Il-Khan) period. Leaf from a 

 Shuhnama: Rustani slays Ashkabua and his horse. Color and gold. 

 Text in black naskhl script; title (verso) in red naskhl. Paper: 

 0.290 x 0.202. Painting : 0.083 x 0.152. Persian, first half of the 14th 

 century. Mongol (Il-Khan) period. Six miniatures from a Shahnama, 

 painted in opaque color and gold. The paintings, minute in size and 

 exquisitely executed, are as follows : 



45.21. Khusraw Parwiz greeted by an old astrologer before his hermitage. 0.059 



x 0.120. 



45.22. The death of the Simurgh. 0.043 x 0.120. 



45.23. The div Akwan about to throw the sleeping Rustam into the sea. 0.058 x 



0.120. 



45.24. Rustam encamped within sight of the hosts of Turan. 0.068 x 0.120. 



45.25. Siyawush, while hunting with Afrasiyab, cleaves an onager in two. 



0.0-18 x 0.120. 



45.26. Piran stays the execution of Bizhan at the foot of the gibbet. 0.048 x 



0.120. 

 45.7. Persian, Mongol (Inju) period (A. D. 1341). Shlrfiz school. Illustration 

 from a Shuhnama: the hero Rustam rolling away the great boulder from 

 the mouth of the pit where Bizhan is imprisoned. Color and slight gold ; 

 red background above ground ; black background in the pit. Paper leaf: 

 0.352 x 0.301. Painting: 0.148 x 0.23S. 

 44.48A. Persian, 15th-16th century. Herat school. By Bihzad. An old man 

 and a youth in a mountain landscape : a circular composition {shamsa) 

 within an illuminated border, mounted as a frontispiece to the Anthol- 

 ogy, 44.48. Color, gold and silver (oxidized) ; surface slightly worn. 

 Signature and inscription. 0.082 (diameter). 



SCULPTURE 



44.46. Chinese, T'ang dynasty, Sth-9th century. Image of a seated Buddha, 



molded in dry lacquer. Traces of color on the robe and of gilt on the 



flesh parts. Hands and long ear-lobes broken off. 0.995 x 0.725 x 0.567. 



45.4. Chinese, Yiian dynasty, 13th-14th century. Image of a Bodhisattva, molded 



in dry lacquer. Traces of blue, gold, and green paint and of gold leaf. 



Slightly damaged and repaired. 0.5S3 x 0.431 x 0.507. 



45.11. Chinese, T'ang dynasty, 8th-9th century. Figures of two horsewomen, 



45.12. playing polo, carved in wood. Remains of polychrome painting and 

 a white priming coat. Slight damages. 45.11, 0.361 x 0.142 x 0.361. 

 (Illustrated). 45.12, 0.367 x 0.136 x 0.360. 



BILVEB 



44.58. Chinese, 8th-9th century. T'ang dynasty. Ladle, with a seven-lobed 

 bowl ; the surface covered with delicate engraved ornament. 0.312 

 (length). 



The work of the stall' members has been devoted to the study of new 

 acquisitions, of other objects submitted for purchase, and to general 

 research work within the collections of Chinese, Arabic, Persian, and 

 Indian fine arts; the preparation of material for publication and re- 

 visions of earlier work. Reports, oral or written, were made upon 

 oriental objects belonging to other institutions or submitted for ex- 



