Mughal Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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The prince sent back to the place of execution for the sixth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-seventh Night
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)
Text, Folio 58 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Khusrau, the King of Kings, pays homage to the pious daughter of Khassa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-first Night
The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her nose when she kisses him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-fifth Night
Worship of Shiva and Devi
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto)
Krishna and Consort on a Palace Balcony with Musicians: Vukharo Ragaputra of Bhairav, from the “Boston Ragamala”
Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana
Text, Folio 75 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Folio (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra: Text
Text, Folio 18 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Folio 141 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
Krishna and Balarama touching the feet of Vasudeva and Devaki, from the “Vertical” Bhagavata Purana
Text, Folio 73 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventeenth Night
Nanda and the Elders in Council with the Cowherds, from a Bhagavata Purana
Brahman Rishabhadatta's speech, folio 5 from a Kalpa-sutra
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night
Still Life: Bouquet of Flowers Emerging from the Grass
Text, Folio 74 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Krishna asks for sweets, from a Sursagar of Surdas (Indian, c. 1480–1580)
Text, Folio 7 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering wife with gravel, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince’s feet and beg forgiveness, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of the Parrot): Fourth Night
Text, Folio 5 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed her husband, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night
Text, Folio 34 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 50 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 28 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh Night, form a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso)
Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and sucking the poison from the king’s daughter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night