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1,621–1,656 of 3,420 works · most celebrated first
Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm
Text, Folio 55 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 26 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist
Text, Folio 9 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 48 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Portrait of a Youth as Saint Sebastian
The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the fifth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 15 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Terminus, the Device of Erasmus
The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
Seated Priest
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and feigning rage in order to deceive her husband who has just arrived, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Text, Folio 34 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Text, Folio 17 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Text, Folio 58 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Second Night
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty in a mirror, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 67 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Heavenly King Virudhaka
The Thousand Acres of Clouds, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
The Sword Spring, Tiger Hill, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou
Text, Folio 2 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Ritual Bath of Mahavira, Folio 31 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Angels
Portrait of a Woman
Text, Folio 16 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (blank)
Portrait of Maria Kitscher, Frau von Freyberg
The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
Virgin and Child with Angels
Text, Folio 28 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra