The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night

The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Shravana

Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bikaner

The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are trapped by her in a cellar, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Hindola raga

anonymous

An Amorous Couple, Probably Raja Mahendra Pal of Basohli (r. 1806–13) with a Favorite Queen

Northern India, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahari Kingdom of Basohli

Schommelende vrouwen

Unknown Artist

The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Krishna and Radha Avoid Embarrassment: Mottaita Bhava, from a Rasikapriya

Central India, Madhya Pradesh, Malwa

The Death of the Demoness Putana: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Unknown Artist

Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Bundi

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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