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The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out of the box. The clever child recognizes the false gems from true, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night1560
The Assembly of Tejaprabha Buddha1890
Scenes from the Tales of Ise1660
Mountain Landscape in Moonlight1249
Battle Scene at Kurukshetra from the Mahabharata War (verso), from a Kalighat album1896
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Eagle on a Tree TrunkHuang Shen · 1755
The Haven of the Peach-Blossom Spring1457
An October DayFrank Knox Morton Rehn · 1896
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The Emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-fifth Night1560
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)1760
Seated Priest1611
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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Jatayu hinders Ravana’s chariot, trying to prevent the abduction of Sita (recto); Dushyanta watching his son Bharat playing with the tiger at the end of the Abhijnanashakuntalam (verso)1896
Chinese BeautyKubo Shunman · 1800
Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782Francesco Guardi · 1792
Dog with pups1790
Needlefish (Yagara)Nakajima Raishō · 1870
Gosain Narottam Das1725
The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night1560
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Kandala Dies on Hearing the News of Madhava’s Death, from a Madhavanala Kamakandala1720
The Apple SellerAuguste Renoir · 1896
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Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha (Raigō)1301
Shri Raga, from a Ragamala1698
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra (verso)1290
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782Francesco Guardi · 1792
Emperor Shah Jahan1674
Zulaykha in her palace and as an elderly woman with Joseph (recto), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492)Mushfiq · 1605
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James G. McKinneyMatthew Harris Jouett · 1813
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Text, Folio 31 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)1119