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Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border with Poppies and Pairs of Birds (verso)1653
LionGiuseppe Baldrighi · 1754
Plum TreeOgata Kōrin · 1700
Kannon1896
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night1560
View of Saint-Cloud, Near the SeineAlexandre Pau de Saint-Martin · 1809
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the hermitage of the sage Bharadvaja at Prayaga, from Chapter 48 of the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)1650
Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda1750
Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album1896
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
Fish1400
Portrait of a Man1799
Altarpiece with The Passion of Christ1440
As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the emir’s wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Twenty-second Night1560
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
Summer NightMaruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 · 1792
Descent of the Ganges1705
Radha's Hair Being Dressed1798
A pair of Brahminy ducks1598
Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions1794
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him that the cause of his happiness is his assignation with a woman who is the jester’s own wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-second Night1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History1600
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night1560
Birds Gather under the Spring WillowYin Hong · 1498
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
Equestrian Portrait of Maharana Raj Singh II of Mewar (r. 1755–62)1760
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
Nanda and the Elders in Council with the Cowherds, from a Bhagavata Purana1698
Kalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: Folio 60, text (recto); Sthulabhadra as a Lion (verso)1450
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
A Royal Picnic on a TerraceMuhammad Ali · 1620
Album of Miscellaneous Subjects, Leaf 2Fan Qi · 1662
Devi Enshrined and Holding the Tongue of a Demon1725
The Fourth King of Hell1392
Folio 40 from a Kalpa-sutra: Text (recto); Birth of Mahavira (verso)1400