Twee oude mannen en een jongeling, gezeten onder een boom aan het water

Abhisarika Nayika (Heroine Braving the Night)

Unknown Artist

Nuori ruhtinas seurueineen maisemassa, persialainen miniatyyri

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Rama and Lakshmana Visit the Hermitage of an Ascetic

Attributed to a first-generation master after Nainsukh

The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night

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

Iraanse miniatuur met een staande jongeling en een zittende derwisj of bedelaar

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Prins Kushrau wenend in een landschap

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Shiva and Parvati in a Mountain Grotto

Unknown Artist

The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night

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

A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince

Manohar

The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking it open, when the physician discovers she is still alive, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twentieth Night

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

The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shah’s soul, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Second Night

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