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Ink Bamboo1239
The Venetian GirlFrank Duveneck · 1890
Bamboo in the Wind1724
Malar Ragini: Krishna Playing the Flute to Seven Gopis Holding Musical Instruments, from the Ragamala Series1760
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: page from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra, with commentary by Abhayatilaka: Text (recto)Abhayatilakagani · 1290
Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff1294
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night1560
The RiverMaxime Maufra · 1902
Monju as a Child (Chigo Monju)1420
Text describing the pregnancy of Queen Trishala, folio 40 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra1400
A Family MealLe Nain Brothers · 1650
Jain Monk Holding a Flower Venerated by a Royal Follower, colophon page from a Story of the Religious Teacher Kalaka (Kalakacharya-katha, verso)Devachandra · 1290
Portrait of a Man in Black1850
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the unfaithful wife and puts it in her basket, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night1560
Head of a BoyGeorge Fuller · 1867
Card Game at "le Père Martin"Adolphe-Félix Cals · 1859
John ChildeChester (Charles) Harding · 1835
Pierrot in Criminal CourtThomas Couture · 1867
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
Herdboys and Buffalo in LandscapeGuo Min · 1267
Travelers by a Lake1625
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
The SiestaPaul-Albert Besnard · 1905
Sparrows on Blossoming Plum; A Sage with Tiger; Chinese Bird on Snow-Laden Branch1649
Kamod Raga of the "Dipak Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series1750
Woman Addressing a Peacock: Gujari Ragini of Megh, from a Ragamala1690
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
Jai Singh III of Jaipur (r. 1818–1835) Riding1820
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Tenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)1560
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has imprisoned Zuhra. He rides on a magic horse prepared by the second suitor and is led to the spot by the divining prowess of the first, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fo1560
Bhairava Raga1824
Geese Returning Home1600
Gaur and Nitai, from a Kalighat album1849
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night1560