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8,401–8,448 of 16,729 crimson works · most celebrated first
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers the ring lost in the sea, and returns it to the king, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles himself into the bed of Mansur’s wife, but is put off by her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Text, Folio 65 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Maharao Ram Singh II of Kota (r. 1828–66) Worships Brij Nathji as the Bridegroom
Maharana Ari Singh II of Mewar (r. 1761–73) with His Consort on a Terrace
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
Shamsher Sen of Mandi with a youth
Opium Smokers Served Fruit and Bread
Mary Fairlie Cooper
Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 61 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
An amorous couple, probably Raja Mahendra Pal of Basohli with a favorite queen
Two Beauties
Radha and Krishna seated on a balcony
Text, Folio 42 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 6 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 11 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 19 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 64 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Illustrated Book of Flowers and Butterflies
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in order to seek the hand of the emperor’s daughter in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): First Night
Text, Folio 21 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 38 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Vigil on the Sixth Night After Mahavira's Birth, Folio 33 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid who is away on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Krishna and Radha Quarreling: Shatha Nayaka, from a Rasikapriya
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night
Gathering of Otsu-e Subjects
European Costume Scene
Church Street El
Portrait of a Government Official
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574–1612)
Set of Four Painted Characters
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and covets her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Friends of Krishna, folio 163 from a Bhakti Ratnavali of Vishnu Puri
Text, Folio 59 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Valley of the Sédelle at Pont Charraud: White Frost
A Disconsolate Lady on a Terrace with Attendants
Maharaja Balwant Singh of Ratlam (r. 1825–57) in Procession with His Relatives and Courtiers
The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband for refusing a bowl of milk, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fourth Night
Entertainment Scene
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl from the four travelling companions, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The parrot brings a fruit from the Tree of Life to the king of Syria, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
Text, Folio 41 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Raja Hari Sen of Mandi
The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night