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Chinese Literatus in an Autumn LandscapeJosui Sōen · 1494
Arrival of the "Southern Barbarians"1600
The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night1560
Spring and Autumn FarmingKō Sūkoku · 1774
Folio 167, from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya: two nuns teaching lay women (recto); genealogical text (verso)1290
A Royal Woman in a Pavilion: Desavarari Ragini of Dipak, from a Ragamala1698
Roses in a VaseHenri Fantin-Latour · 1890
Album of Calligraphy and PaintingsBian Shoumin · 1726
People Fleeing from a Fire1741
Tiger FamilyKishi Ganku · 1819
The Elephant of Maharana Jai Singh of Mewar (r. 1680–98) Catches a Horse by the Tail1690
Buddha's Conversion of Five BhiksuLi Sheng · 1355
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-first Night1560
Ravana’s sister Shurpanakha complains that Lakshmana cut off her nose and ears, from Chapter 31 of the Aranya Kanda (Book of the Forest) of a “Shangri” Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)1696
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
Juggler1840
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Kanhra Ragini1700
Head of a WomanGiovanni Antonio Guardi · 1739
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The Lantern Night Excursion of Zhong KuiYan Hui · 1294
A PainterJean Louis Ernest Meissonier · 1855
Fish and RocksBada Shanren · 1674
The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a tree where four thieves disguised as fellow travelers deprive him of a priceless pearl, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night1560
Leaf from a Jain Manuscript: Yoga-shastra: Jain monk with Disciple and Two Laymen, Two Nuns and a Laywoman below (verso)Hemachandra · 1290
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé DassyHippolyte Flandrin · 1850
Paintings after Ancient Masters: Scholar with Staff and BrushChen Hongshou · 1625
Album of Calligraphy and PaintingsBian Shoumin · 1726
Maharana Jagat Singh II of Mewar (r. 1734–51) Dressed as a Bhil, Hunting Deer at Night1725
Flowers and GrassesKitagawa Sōsetsu · 1650
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page1560
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 Night1560
Returning Birds and Old Cypress1200
Sleeping Poet1749
River Village in a RainstormLü Wenying · 1496