Mughal Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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The deceitful wife assaults her erring husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The guard restores the son who falls at his mother’s feet, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night
Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
A House Burgled at Night
Text, Folio 57 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Kalpa-sutra manuscript with 24 illuminations
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Nemi Enthroned, Folio 54 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Text, Folio 10 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The daughter of the merchant of Mazanderan asks the gardener for the rose, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from him on account of his purchasing a bowl and a staff from a yogi, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Birth of Parshva, Folio 45 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala
Royal lovers watching rain clouds: The month of Bhadon, from a Barahmasa
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 53 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman bathing and falls in love with her, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-ninth Night
Princely ascetic in the forest visited by ladies
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
A couple in their chamber in early morning: Vighada Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
Text, Folio 76 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala
Text, Folio 41 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
A Royal Picnic on a Terrace
Falcon on a Perch
Seated Scholar, Border Fragment from the Teheran/Berlin album
The game of wolf-running in Tabriz, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar)
Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
The Brahman’s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who carries the news to the king of the Ocean, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
Text, Folio 66 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra