Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)

A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Mughal India

A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

Vairati ragini

anonymous

Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso)

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

Bilaval ragini

anonymous

A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)

Mughal India

Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window

Aqil Khan

Dame bij toilet

anonymous

A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar

The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the physician’s advice, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Nineteenth Night

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

Smartelijke prinses

anonymous

Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting

India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century