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Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)
Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus after Recognizing Them (folio 40 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Krishna Playing the Flute and other Episodes from the Bhagavata Purana
Single Leaf from a Missal: Two Male Saints
Text, Folio 17 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, folio 153 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Folio 2 (verso), from a Great Poem about Twos (Dvyashraya Mahakavya) of Hemachandra with Commentary by Abhayatilaka
Portrait of Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb)
A Monk Preaching: Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 83 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Muhammad AliA Royal Picnic on a Terrace
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
Guillaume VrelantLeaves from a Book of Hours
Kangaroo
Text, Folio 36 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
MushfiqFolios A and B from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami
VenetianSaint Anthony Abbot from an Augustinian altarpiece
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John SloanRiders in the Hills
Carroll CloarCat Sanctuary
Lorenzo da SanseverinoVirgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian
Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana
Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album
Text, Folio 29 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 43 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text page from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The Heroine Who is Faithfully Loved: Madhya Svadhinapatika Nayika, from a Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta
Text, Folio 21 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 23 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
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A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
ShravanaThe deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Roy JaminiKrishna with Cow 2
Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana
Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible
Text, Folio 19 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 141 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 101 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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Chitarman IILovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature