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Crimson artworks
8,449–8,496 of 16,729 crimson works · most celebrated first
The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his thirteenth year, but one which he would be able to overcome, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
Text, Folio 36 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twelfth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek help from Khurshid who has become a mystical healer, from a Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night
Five Poses of Krishna Making Love, from a Bikaner Bhagavata Purana
Still Life
Text, Folio 26 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Heroine with attendant and a pair of deer
Nu assis
Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Pinks)
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirtieth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 5 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied to a camel to be abandoned in the desert as a result of false accusations made by Khulasa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
Radha Awaiting Reconciliation with Krishna, from a Gita Govinda of Jayadeva
Text, Folio 45 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who pursues the Brahman up a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night
Taurus, from a "Mandi Astrology Series"
Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, Folio 35 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
Painted Panel of Character "Recite"
The snake enters into an argument with the frog, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-sixth Night
Mahavira in the Realm of Liberation (Nirvana), Folio 43 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, folio 24 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 55 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Hunting with falcons in a landscape (recto)
Desk Album: Flower and Bird Paintings (Rose)
Transfer of the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 12 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs trained by the carpenter as though they were his sons, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
Radha and Hindu God Krishna celebrating the festival Holi
Painting Two from Illustrated Book of Flowers and Butterflies
A Nayika, probably Proshitaperyasi Nayika
A Beauty
Ragini
Painted Panel of Character "Whistle"
Text, Folio 2 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Genre Figures
Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Text, Folio 52 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
A Woman Charms Snakes in the Wilderness: Asavari Ragini, from a Ragamala
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-third Night
Rati, the Goddess of Erotic Love, Takes Aim at Krishna, from a Rasikapriya
Pheasant
Text, Folio 21 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra