India, Rajasthan, Kota, 18th century
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The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with the lynx, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
Unknown Artist
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and flees, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take possession of his territory, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-ninth Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
Mughal India
Royal women shooting from a pavilion
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kota
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night
Basavana
The Eighteen Sages of the Lotus Society
Unknown Artist
The Vision of Saint Eustace
Anonymous, German, 16th century, After Albrecht Dürer
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
Nehan: Death of the Buddha
Unknown Artist
Encampment in the Mountains
India, Kashmir