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Collection Objects
Asian Art
Kammavaca (Kamawasa) Manuscript
Date: 
18th–19th century
Medium: 
Lacquered cloth (called "a palm-leaf manuscript") with black and gold lacquer; lacquered wood cover
Accession Number: 
2010.93.1
Culture: 
Burmese
Period: 
Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1885)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Phra Malai’s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
Date: 
mid-19th century
Medium: 
Ink and opaque watercolor on khoi paper
Accession Number: 
2016.111.1
Culture: 
Thai
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
Not on view
Collection Objects
Asian Art
Matsumushi (Cricket)
Artist, attributed to: Tawaraya Sotatsu, Japanese, active 1600–1643
Date: 
early 17th century
Medium: 
Printed in ink with movable type on mica-decorated paper
Accession Number: 
2016.125.1
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Momoyama period (1573–1615) Keicho era (1596–1615)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
Not on view
Collection Objects
Asian Art
The Prophet Muhammad Ascends to the Heavens
Date: 
17th century
Medium: 
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2001.138.2
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Pages from a Qur’an in Kufic Script
Date: 
9th–10th century
Medium: 
Ink and color on deerskin
Accession Number: 
1952.52.10
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Abbasid dynasty (750–1258)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Page from the Persian Dictionary Farhang-i-Jahangiri
Date: 
18th century
Medium: 
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2001.138.58
Culture: 
Indian, Islamic
Period: 
Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
A manuscript leaf with text in naskhi script
Date: 
17th century
Medium: 
Color and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2001.138.3
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Manuscript leaf written in nasta’liq script
Date: 
ca. 1700
Medium: 
Color and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2001.138.4
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Leaf from a poetic manuscript
Date: 
16th century
Medium: 
Color and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2001.138.1
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: 
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Collection Objects
Asian Art
Kalakacharya Turns Bricks Into Gold for the Shahi Princes, folio 25 from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra
Date: 
ca 1465
Medium: 
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Accession Number: 
2007.156.6
Culture: 
Indian
Period: 
Gujarat sultanate (1407–1573)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Status: 
Not on view

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