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Culture: India, Mughal (887)
Culture: India, Mughal (887)
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580)
2013.295CCCC0
Hookah Bowl
India, Mughal
1969.287CCCC0
Katar dagger
India, Mughal
1985.119CCCC0
Katar (Stabbing Dagger)
India, Mughal
1985.119.aCCCC0
Katar (Stabbing Dagger): Sheath
India, Mughal
1985.119.bCCCC0
Hookah Base
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1961.44CCCC0
Jahangir
Mughal India
1944.496CCCC0
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of...
Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s)
2013.314CCCC0
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and...
Lal (Indian, active c. 1555–1600) and 2 others
2013.304CCCC0
Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)
Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s) and 1 other
2013.292.bCCCC0
An Ambassador before Humayun
Miskin (Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604)
2013.320CCCC0
Hookah Base
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.286CCCC0
Shah Jahan
Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)
1920.1969CCCC0
A feast in a pavilion setting
Muhammad Ali (Persian, active 1590–1620)
1920.1966CCCC0
Rooster
India, Mughal, 17th century
1944.501CCCC0
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.348.aCCCC0
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Mughal India, probably Lucknow
2013.348.bCCCC0
Oval portrait of a woman in a Chaghtai hat
India, Mughal, 18th century
1920.1967CCCC0
Man's Morning Coat
India, Mughal
1936.443CCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349CCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349.aCCCC0
Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213–1289) and...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349.bCCCC0
Women bathing before an architectural panorama
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.344CCCC0
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.332CCCC0
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502CCCC0
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama ...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502.aCCCC0
Calligraphy
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502.bCCCC0
Calligraphy (verso)
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.329.bCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.347CCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.347.aCCCC0
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto)
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.342.aCCCC0
Calligraphy of a Quatrain (verso)
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.342.bCCCC0
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.350CCCC0
A Night Scene of Shiva Puja (recto)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.350.aCCCC0
Calligraphy (verso)
Ahmad al-Husaini
2013.350.bCCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279CCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.1.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.3.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.6.bCCCC0
Khujasta kills the pet mynah who advises her not to be unfaithful to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.8.aCCCC0
The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.10.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.14.aCCCC0
The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.16.aCCCC0
The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.20.aCCCC0
The goldsmith judged; the bear cubs trained by the carpenter as though...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.23.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.24.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.25.bCCCC0
The mendicant’s wife deceives him with a soldier, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.26.bCCCC0
The soldier receives a garland of roses from his wife which will remain...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.27.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.28.bCCCC0
The two cooks, who attempt to seduce the warrior’s loyal wife, are...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.29.aCCCC0
The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince’s feet...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.30.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.33.aCCCC0
The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.33.bCCCC0
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.35.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.35.bCCCC0
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.36.bCCCC0
Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.42.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Seventh Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.43.aCCCC0
The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.44.bCCCC0
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.45.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.45.bCCCC0
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.46.aCCCC0
The king of Bahilistan offers his daughter to the King of Kings, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.46.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.47.aCCCC0
The Brahman gambler sees the daughter of the king of the jinns in a pit...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.47.bCCCC0
The daughter of the king of the jinns bows before the King of Kings who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.49.bCCCC0
The rejuvenated old man and the daughter of the king of the jinns take...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.50.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighth Night, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.51.bCCCC0
The astrologer predicts a calamity for the newly born prince in his...
Banavari 1 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.52.bCCCC0
The young prince is presented to the king, his father, by his teacher,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.54.bCCCC0
The king’s handmaiden takes the prince away to the harem, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.55.aCCCC0
The prince rejects the amorous advances of the king’s handmaiden, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.55.bCCCC0
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.56.bCCCC0
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.57.bCCCC0
A woman asks her lover to leave her house, brandishing his sword and...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.58.aCCCC0
Landscape with a lotus pool, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot),...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.59.aCCCC0
The prince, once reprieved, is returned to the palace of execution a...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.59.bCCCC0
The handmaiden again appeals for justice and the prince is led to the...
Gujarati (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.61.bCCCC0
The lover’s son makes an elephant of the pastry dough carried by the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.62.aCCCC0
The unfaithful wife explaining away the presence of the dough elephant,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.62.bCCCC0
The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the...
Tara 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.63.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.65.aCCCC0
The prince’s ordeal continues, he is ordered away to be executed for the...
Ghulam 'Ali (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.66.aCCCC0
The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.68.aCCCC0
The deceitful wife persuades her husband to sleep in the same place...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.68.bCCCC0
The merchant’s clerk replaces the sugar purchased by the philandering...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.70.aCCCC0
The husband berates his wife for purchasing gravel instead of sugar,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.70.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.72.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.75.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eleventh Night,...
Banavari 2 (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.87.aCCCC0
The Brahman’s predicament is conveyed by the wind to the fish who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.89.aCCCC0
The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.89.bCCCC0
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court...
Ghulam 'Ali (Indian, active 1550s-1590s)
1962.279.92.aCCCC0
The Brahman, unable to select from the four gifts of the king of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.93.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.96.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.96.bCCCC0
The street cleaner, on his way to meet King Bhojaraja, sleeps under a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.97.aCCCC0
King Bhojaraja tries in vain to ascertain the whereabouts of the pearl...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.97.bCCCC0
The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.105.aCCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tale XIII
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.105.bCCCC0
The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.108.bCCCC0
The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.110.bCCCC0
The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.114.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.116.aCCCC0
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.119.bCCCC0
The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.120.aCCCC0
The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.121.aCCCC0
The daughter-in-law returns from her misadventure, feigning insanity,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.122.bCCCC0
The merchant Mansur departs on a sea voyage, leaving his wife behind,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.125.bCCCC0
The young man, who has magically taken on the appearance of Mansur the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.128.aCCCC0
The young man changes himself to look like Mansur, and thus inveigles...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.128.bCCCC0
The false Mansur punished before the judge and expelled from the city,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.129.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.130.bCCCC0
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.131.bCCCC0
Nikfal, the fortune of the prince in the form of a woman, offers to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.132.aCCCC0
The prince, having deprived the snake of its natural food, a frog, feeds...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.132.bCCCC0
The prince and Nikfal are joined by Khalis and the Mukhlis who are the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.134.bCCCC0
The prince, with the help of Mukhlis who changes into a frog, recovers...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.135.bCCCC0
Khalis repays the prince for his kindness by changing into a snake and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.136.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.137.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.138.aCCCC0
The Brahman’s wife who killed a peacock and ate its gallbladder on the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.140.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twentieth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.143.aCCCC0
Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotee’s...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.144.bCCCC0
The suitors take the devotee’s daughter out of her tomb after breaking...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.146.aCCCC0
The third suitor strikes the devotee’s daughter and thus restores her to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.146.bCCCC0
The three suitors again begin to quarrel among themselves for the hand...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.147.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.149.bCCCC0
The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.150.aCCCC0
The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.152.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-second...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.154.aCCCC0
The court jester meets a Zangi dancing with joy, and learns from him...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.155.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.157.bCCCC0
As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.158.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-third Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.160.aCCCC0
The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.161.aCCCC0
The merchant’s daughter gives birth to a son as a result of eating out...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.161.bCCCC0
Kamjuy, the wife of the Raja, averts her face from the fishes, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.163.aCCCC0
The forty wives and their secret paramours being punished by stoning to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.164.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-Fourth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.165.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.166.aCCCC0
Bashir confides his love for Habbaza to an Arab friend, and sends him to...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.167.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.168.aCCCC0
Habbaza meets Bashir under a tree, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.168.bCCCC0
The disguised Arab, substituting for Habbaza, is whipped by her husband...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.169.bCCCC0
Habbaza’s sister, who is sent to console her, discovers the disguised...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.170.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-fifth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.171.bCCCC0
Mukhtar throws his wife Maimuna into the pit, but she saves herself,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.174.bCCCC0
The destitute Mukhtar meets his wife Maimuna at a holy shrine, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.175.bCCCC0
The lover of Hamnaz, who has been hanged from the gallows, bites off her...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.177.aCCCC0
In order to falsely implicate her husband, Hamnaz places a knife by his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.177.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-sixth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.179.bCCCC0
The dethroned frog Shapur seeks the help of the serpent, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.182.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.182.bCCCC0
The snake enters into an argument with the frog, from a Tuti-nama (Tales...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.183.bCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.185.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.187.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.189.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.192.aCCCC0
The monkey, serving as the lion’s chamberlain, converses with the lynx...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.193.aCCCC0
The lion returns to his territory and sees the monkey conversing with...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.194.bCCCC0
The monkey advises the suspicious lion to cast off fear and take...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.196.aCCCC0
The lion, suspecting treachery on the part of the monkey, slays him and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.197.aCCCC0
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirtieth Night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.198.aCCCC0
A woman with two children, having abandoned her home, goes into the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.200.bCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.201.aCCCC0
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Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.201.bCCCC0
The woman conversing with her children, as the leopard returns, egged on...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.202.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
India, Mughal court, 16th century
1962.279.203.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.203.bCCCC0
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud,...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1962.279.207.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-second...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.208.aCCCC0
Kaiwan sends a message of love to Khurshid, wife of his brother Utarid...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.209.bCCCC0
Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.211.aCCCC0
Kaiwan, Latif, and Sharif arrive at a house of worship, where they seek...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.213.bCCCC0
The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.215.aCCCC0
Khurshid reunited with her husband Utarid, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.216.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.217.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.218.aCCCC0
Preparation for the marriage of Mahmuda to the Young Vizier, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.219.bCCCC0
Hearing her declaration of love, Ayaz falls at the feet of Mahmuda at...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.221.aCCCC0
Salim and Salima return to Ayaz and Mahmuda in the sanctuary, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.222.aCCCC0
The two couples reach a foreign city where they make their home, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.222.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.223.bCCCC0
The three young men present themselves as suitors for the hand of Zuhra,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.225.aCCCC0
The third suitor, who is an archer, shoots the wicked fairy who has...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.226.aCCCC0
The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.227.aCCCC0
The princess discovers the dead bodies, with heads severed, of her...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.229.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.231.aCCCC0
The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.231.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.232.aCCCC0
The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.232.bCCCC0
The son of the king of Babylon sees the Brahman transformed into a woman...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.234.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.234.bCCCC0
The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.236.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.236.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.237.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.237.bCCCC0
The king dreams of a lady, the personification of wealth, departing from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.239.bCCCC0
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.240.bCCCC0
The king of Zabul sees Mahrusa from his palace balcony, from a Tuti-nama...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.241.aCCCC0
Mahrusa kills herself at the tomb of the king of Zabul, and her husband...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.242.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.243.aCCCC0
The prince, a son of the ruler of Sistan, enters the service of a snake,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.245.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.248.aCCCC0
The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.254.bCCCC0
The painting made by the vizier of the emperor of China for the queen of...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.256.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fortieth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.258.aCCCC0
Shahr-Arai and her lover dallying on a bed beneath which is concealed...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.259.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.260.bCCCC0
Shahr-Arai’s husband bends to kiss his wife who feigns sleep, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.261.bCCCC0
Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.262.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.263.aCCCC0
The gardener seizes and beats a donkey who insisted on braying, while...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.267.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-second night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.268.aCCCC0
The marriage of ‘Ubaid, son of a merchant of Tirmiz, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.268.bCCCC0
The merchant of Tirmiz takes the wise parrot and myna to ‘Ubaid, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.269.bCCCC0
The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.271.aCCCC0
The Raja’s daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.272.bCCCC0
Repenting his conduct, ‘Ubaid falls at the feet of his parents, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.275.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-third night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.276.aCCCC0
The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.278.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.281.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-fourth night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.282.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.283.aCCCC0
The Emir slays the snake after giving it shelter, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.287.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.288.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.289.bCCCC0
The court of the Raja of Ujjain, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot):...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.291.bCCCC0
The parrot laughs on hearing the Raja of Ujjain’s wife admire her beauty...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.292.bCCCC0
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.293.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.296.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.299.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-seventh...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.300.bCCCC0
The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.301.bCCCC0
The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.302.bCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.305.aCCCC0
The bag of gold which he received for the slave girl being stolen in a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.306.aCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.307.aCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.308.aCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad reveals his true identity to the Hashimi, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.308.bCCCC0
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.309.aCCCC0
The young man of Baghdad reunited with his slave-girl, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.310.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.311.aCCCC0
The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, from...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.315.aCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fiftieth night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.316.aCCCC0
The king’s emissary being provided with gifts for his mission to Rum in...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.317.aCCCC0
The merchant returns bringing a young slave who is really the son of the...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.318.bCCCC0
The guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.321.bCCCC0
The king places the talisman on his sleeping wife, from a Tuti-nama ...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.323.aCCCC0
The guard restores the son who falls at his mother’s feet, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.323.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-first night,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.324.bCCCC0
Khulasa, a vizier, sees the daughter of Khassa, another vizier, and...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.325.bCCCC0
King Bahram, who has married Khassa’s daughter, has her tied to a camel...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.328.aCCCC0
Khusrau, the King of Kings, pays homage to the pious daughter of Khassa,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.329.bCCCC0
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.332.bCCCC0
The bird of seven colors brings a sable to the pious man, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.333.bCCCC0
The pious man’s wife offers the seven-colored bird as food to her lover,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.335.bCCCC0
The son of the pious man slays the dragon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.337.bCCCC0
The pious man’s son presents the slain dragon to the king, from a Tuti...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.338.aCCCC0
The king gives his daughter in marriage to the pious man’s son, from a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.339.aCCCC0
The pious man’s son, now a king, reveals himself to his father; his...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279.340.aCCCC0
A Princess on a Terrace with Attendants at Night (recto)
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.341.aCCCC0
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618-46)
Bichitr (Indian, active c. 1615–50)
2013.324CCCC0
Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm
India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century
2013.352CCCC0
A House Burgled at Night
Mughal India
2013.333CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323CCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323.aCCCC0
Page from the Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)
Abd al-Rahim, the Anbarin-Qalam (Indian, active c. 1590–1630)
2013.323.bCCCC0
Pomander
Mughal India
1989.349CCCC0
Drawing of an Elephant
India, Mughal School, early 18th Century
1969.65CCCC0
Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145CCCC0
Text, folio 1 (verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.1.bCCCC0
Mary ascends the stairs to the temple, folio 9 (recto), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.9.aCCCC0
The Flowering of Joseph's Rod, folio 11 (verso), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.11.bCCCC0
The Annunciation, folio 15 (recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.15.aCCCC0
Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem, folio 24 (verso), from a Mirror of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.24.bCCCC0
The Place of Jesus’s birth, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.25.bCCCC0
The Adoration of the Shepherds, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.30.aCCCC0
The Adoration of the Magi, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period
2005.145.36.bCCCC0
Simeon Kneels in Front of Mary and Jesus After Recognizing Them, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.40.aCCCC0
Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.44.bCCCC0
John the Baptist recognizes Christ by the appearance of a dove, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.50.bCCCC0
Angels bring food to Jesus in the wilderness, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.55.aCCCC0
The Marriage at Cana, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.58.bCCCC0
Moses praying to end the serpents’ attack on the Israelites, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.63.bCCCC0
Jesus Heals the Nobleman's Son in Capernaum, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.70.aCCCC0
A raven brings food to Elijah, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.72.aCCCC0
Jesus being awakened during a tempest on the Sea of Galilee, from a...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.77.aCCCC0
Jesus raises Jairus's daughter from the dead, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.82.bCCCC0
Jesus in the Tun Mountains near Nazareth where he chooses twelve of his...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.87.bCCCC0
Mary Magdalene presents ointment to Jesus, from a Mirror of Holiness ...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.102.bCCCC0
Salome Receiving John the Baptist's Head on a Platter, from a Mirror of...
Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, Mughal period
2005.145.112.bCCCC0
Jesus writes on the ground, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds)...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.130.bCCCC0
Jesus being portrayed by King Abgar’s painter, from a Mir’at al-quds of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.143.aCCCC0
The Entry into Jerusalem, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.156.aCCCC0
The Flagellation, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father...
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.145.182.aCCCC0
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Nur Muhammad (Indian, active c. 1580–1630)
1987.1100CCCC0
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1976.74CCCC0
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1967.244CCCC0
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1932.36CCCC0
The Holy Family
Northern India, Mughal court, early 17th century
2013.312CCCC0
Portrait of the Aged Akbar
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.78CCCC0
Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century
1939.164CCCC0
Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration
India, Mughal, Kashmir, 17th century
1936.17CCCC0
Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s)
1955.297CCCC0
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling...
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.343CCCC0
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess (recto)
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.343.aCCCC0
Scrolling Floral Vines (verso)
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.343.bCCCC0
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge
Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.351CCCC0
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge
Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.351.aCCCC0
Flowering Marigold
Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.351.bCCCC0
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1971.77CCCC0
A woman mistakes a cow for the Angel of Death, from a Lights of Canopus ...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2019.81CCCC0
Lovers Embracing
India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.91CCCC0
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (reigned 1605–27)
1945.171CCCC0
Tiered Court Scene
Chitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750)
1973.237CCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Prince and Ascetics
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.79CCCC0
A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.302CCCC0
A Prince Visiting a Holy Man in a Rocky Landscape
India, Mughal, 16th century
2013.302.aCCCC0
Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme
India, Mughal, 16th century
2013.302.bCCCC0
Antelope and deer hunt
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1939.66CCCC0
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–1661)
Balchand (Indian, active 1595–c. 1650)
2013.327CCCC0
Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl
India, Mughal, 17th century
1968.71CCCC0
Footed Platter
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1976.73CCCC0
Powder horn
India, Mughal, 17th-18th century
1989.351CCCC0
European Costume Scene
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.89CCCC0
Opium Smokers Served Fruit and Bread
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.90CCCC0
Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569–1641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627–58)
1945.168CCCC0
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Northern India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner
2018.189CCCC0
A Mughal courtier
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
2013.294CCCC0
Portrait of Prince Murad Baksh (1624–1661)
Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627–58)
1917.1066CCCC0
Part of a sari
India, Mughal, Aurangabad, 18th-19th century
1925.670CCCC0
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303CCCC0
Lovers Parting, Page from a Book of Fables
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303.aCCCC0
Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303.bCCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal
1944.68CCCC0
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318CCCC0
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318.aCCCC0
An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318.bCCCC0
Kakubha Ragini
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1960.50CCCC0
Globular-Shaped Box Decorated with Gems
India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)
1989.348CCCC0
Head of a Beauty
India, Mughal school, 18th century
1932.117CCCC0
A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
2013.293CCCC0
Portrait of Raja Bikramajit
Lal Chand (Indian)
1945.170CCCC0
Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto): Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153CCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto)
India, Mughal court, reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658), Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153.aCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal court, reign of Shah Jahan (1628-1658), Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153.bCCCC0
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna...
Bilal Habshi (probably Ethiopian, active late 1500s)
2013.305CCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.69CCCC0
Fragment of a Turban Cloth
India, Rajasthan, Mughal period, early 19th Century
1929.76CCCC0
Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Riding an Elephant
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1920.1970CCCC0
Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
Mir Kalan Khan (Indian, c. 1730–1775)
2013.346CCCC0
Sri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series
India, Mughal, 18th century
2013.339CCCC0
Aurangzeb
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1920.1968CCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.67CCCC0
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto)
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.326.aCCCC0
Chair Legs and Panel
Afghanistan, Begram (chair legs); India (panel), Kushan Period (1st century-320) (chair legs); Mughal dynasty (1526-1756) (panel)
1975.103CCCC0
Panel
India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)
1975.103.3CCCC0
Bracelet
India, Mughal, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 18th century
1966.516CCCC0
Nanda and the Elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
India, Mewar or Delhi/Agra region, pre-Mughal, 16th century
1960.53CCCC0
Babar(?)
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.497CCCC0
Fragment
India, Mughal Period, 16th - 17th century
1952.194CCCC0
Nobleman Visiting Saint at his Shrine
India, Mughal, 17th-18th century
1939.163CCCC0
Mirror
India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)
1989.350CCCC0
The Dream of Zuleykha
India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
2013.353CCCC0
Portrait of the Courtier Mirza Muizz
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1917.1067CCCC0
Radha and Krishna Caught in a Storm
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1947.503CCCC0
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama ...
Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century)
1939.65CCCC0
Lady after a Bath
India, Mughal, 18th century
2009.317CCCC0
Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk
India, Mughal, 18th century
2009.316CCCC0
Lion's Head
India, Mughal period (1526-1756)
1971.275CCCC0
Vase with flower arrangement and scrollwork
India, Lucknow, Mughal, second half of 18th century
2013.354CCCC0
Panels from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229CCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.aCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.bCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.cCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.dCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.eCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.fCCCC0
Panel from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229.gCCCC0
Page with Panel with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.464CCCC0
Page with Panel with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.464.aCCCC0
Page with Panel with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.464.bCCCC0
Page with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.465CCCC0
Page with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.465.aCCCC0
Page with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.465.bCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498CCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.1CCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.1.aCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.1.bCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.2CCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.2.aCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.2.bCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.3CCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.3.aCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.3.bCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.4CCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.4.aCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498.4.bCCCC0
Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love
India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century
1928.797CCCC0
Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love
India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century
1928.797.aCCCC0
Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love
India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century
1928.797.bCCCC0
Illuminated Leaf with Writing by Muhammad Ali
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.476CCCC0
Emperor Shah Jahan
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1917.1065CCCC0
Teacher with his Pupil
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.304CCCC0
Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika)
India, Mughal, Kulu influence, 18th century
2009.318CCCC0
Kamod Raga of the "Dipak Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
India, Pahari Hills, Bilaspur School, Mughal
2001.111CCCC0
Title, DateArtist / CultureAccession numberMediumDimensionsCredit lineRights
Portrait of a kneeling holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Mir Sayyid Ali (Persian, active in India, 1555–1580)
2013.295opaque watercolor with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with cream borders decorated with gold flowers and geometric motifsGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hookah Bowl
India, Mughal
1969.287glassOverall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)The Norweb CollectionCCCC0
A royal ram with a gold chain
India, Mughal
2013.298opaque watercolor and gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
India, Mughal
2013.319opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 37.6 x 26.6 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Grotesque Dancers Performing
Mughal India
1971.88gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 16 x 9 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Katar dagger
India, Mughal
1985.119Iron handle with gold inlay; steel blade; wooden sheath with velvet cover, brass boss, iron tip with gold inlayOverall: 45.6 x 8.2 cm (17 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)Gift of Morris and Eleanor EverettCCCC0
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564,...
Farukh Chela (Indian) and 2 others
2013.309ink with use of colors and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated buff and blue paper (recto); calligraphy by Faqir Ali (verso)Page: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hookah Base
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1961.44gold on blue glassOverall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)Cornelia Blakemore Warner FundCCCC0
Jahangir
Mughal India
1944.496opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 4.8 x 3.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Akbar and Jahangir Examine a Ghir Falcon while Prince Khusrau Stands Behind
Mughal India
2013.317gum tempera and gold on paperPage: 35.8 x 23.4 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Isfandiyar slays Arjasp, the king of Turan, from a Shah-nama (Book of...
Haidar Kashmiri (Indian, active late 1500s-early 1600s)
2013.314Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper, text on versoPage: 36.7 x 24.4 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and...
Lal (Indian, active c. 1555–1600) and 2 others
2013.304opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, text on versoPage: 38.4 x 25.2 cm (15 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Painting: 33.3 x 21.1 cm (13 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hunting with falcons in a landscape; Verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai...
Abd al-Samad (Persian, c. 1510–1600)
2013.292opaque watercolor on paper (recto); ink on paper (verso)Page: 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.); Painting: 21.5 x 13 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape
Khem Karan (Indian)
2013.310opaque watercolor on paperPage: 33 x 22.2 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Alamgir (r. 1658-1707)
India, Mughal
1944.498opaque watercolor and gold on paperSheet: 7.9 x 5.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
An Ambassador before Humayun
Miskin (Indian, active 1570s–c. 1604)
2013.320opaque watercolor with gold on paperPainting: 20.9 x 11.7 cm (8 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah...
Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)
2013.328opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 36.7 x 25.4 cm (14 7/16 x 10 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Hookah Base
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.286Glass with colored enamel and gildingOverall: 17.8 cm (7 in.)The Norweb CollectionCCCC0
Shah Jahan
Hashim (Indian, active 1598-c.1650)
1920.1969opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paperOverall: 5.4 x 3.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
A feast in a pavilion setting
Muhammad Ali (Persian, active 1590–1620)
1920.1966opaque watercolor and gold on paperOverall: 23.4 x 14.6 cm (9 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Rooster
India, Mughal, 17th century
1944.501opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 18.3 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Overall: 37.3 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.)Gift of Herbert F. LeisyCCCC0
Court Lady Pouring Wine (recto); Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)
Mughal India, probably Lucknow
2013.348Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 30.6 x 25 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Oval portrait of a woman in a Chaghtai hat
India, Mughal, 18th century
1920.1967opaque watercolor and gold on paperOverall: 9.5 x 7.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Man's Morning Coat
India, Mughal
1936.443cotton: tabby weave, resist-dyed (mordant resist and batik); applied gold leafOverall: 142 x 172 cm (55 7/8 x 67 11/16 in.)Gift of The Textile Arts ClubCCCC0
Court lady singing and playing the vina
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.349opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paperPage: 31.1 x 26.2 cm (12 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Nur Jahan Holding a Portrait of Emperor Jahangir
Bishandas (Indian)
2013.325gum tempera and gold on paperPainting only: 13.6 x 6.4 cm (5 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Page: 30 x 22.1 cm (11 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Women bathing before an architectural panorama
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.344opaque watercolor and gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The dream of Zulaykha, from the Amber Album
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.332opaque watercolor with gold on paper, pink and blue borders decorated with gold foliate motifs, text on versoPage: 32 x 24.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
1947.502opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paperImage: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
2013.296Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paperPage: 32.7 x 21.1 cm (12 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.); Painting: 13.6 x 7.5 cm (5 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A princess reclining on a terrace with attendants
India, Mughal, 18th century
2013.338opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 20.6 x 30.6 cm (8 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Princes hunting in a rocky landscape
India, Mughal, 16th century
1940.1197Ink, slight color, and gold on paperImage: 26.4 x 15.8 cm (10 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Overall: 40.5 x 26 cm (15 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto);...
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.329opaque watercolor and gold on paper, borders with floral motifs in colors and gold (recto); black ink on marbled paper, a Persian quatrain in calligraphy (verso)Page: 35.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719...
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.347opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper (recto); ink and opaque watercolor with gold on paper (verso)Painting only: 14.4 x 10.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Page: 28 x 23.8 cm (11 x 9 3/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A pair of Brahminy ducks
India, Mughal, 16th century
2013.299opaque watercolor on paper, mounted with later pink and blue bordersPage: 28.3 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.); Painting: 8.6 x 4.5 cm (3 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace ...
India, Mughal, 18th century
2013.335opaque watercolor with gold on paper, blue and buff borders (recto); ink on paper, script from Sadi's Bustan (verso)Page: 30.5 x 24.1 cm (12 x 9 1/2 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in...
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) and 1 other
2013.300opaque watercolor with gold on paper, double-sided: text on versoPage: 28 x 18.1 cm (11 x 7 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto...
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.342opaque watercolor and gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, four lines of Persian poetry (verso)Page: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man...
Mughal India
2013.336opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); ink and gold on pink-speckled paper (verso)Page: 42.2 x 28.5 cm (16 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s) and 1 other
2013.350opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso)Page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1962.279gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperOverall: 20.3 x 14 cm (8 x 5 1/2 in.)Gift of Mrs. A. Dean PerryCCCC0
A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy ...
India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century
2013.341opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian poetry (verso)Miniature: 25.4 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Raja Jagat Singh of Nurpur (reigned 1618-46)
Bichitr (Indian, active c. 1615–50)
2013.324opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 41 x 32.7 cm (16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Husain Ali Khan Entertaining His Brothers (The Sayyid Brothers)
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
2013.334Opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 30.8 x 30.5 cm (12 1/8 x 12 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur...
India, Mughal school, 16th century
1971.85opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 28 x 16.5 cm (11 x 6 1/2 in.); Overall: 41 x 27.1 cm (16 1/8 x 10 11/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm
India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century
2013.352opaque watercolor with gold on paper, yellow borders with gold flower headsPage: 26.1 x 37.4 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance...
Mughal India
2013.337opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); ink and gold on pink-speckled paper (verso)Page: 43 x 28.9 cm (16 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A House Burgled at Night
Mughal India
2013.333opaque watercolor with gold on paperPage: 38.7 x 28.7 cm (15 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645) and 1 other
2013.323gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper, text on versoPage: 17.8 x 12.5 cm (7 x 4 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Pomander
Mughal India
1989.349spherical rock crystal cover with enameled silver mountsOverall: 4.5 x 3.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. MillikinCCCC0
Drawing of an Elephant
India, Mughal School, early 18th Century
1969.65ink on paperImage: 12.8 x 18.1 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Overall: 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
2005.14524 full size illustrations with 160 folios of text; gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperJohn L. Severance FundCCCC0
Portrait of Maharaja Rai Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1574-1612)
Nur Muhammad (Indian, active c. 1580–1630)
1987.1100Ink and gum tempera on paperImage: 20.5 x 14.6 cm (8 1/16 x 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 42.4 x 26 cm (16 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)Gift of Flora D. Glass and Elwood G. Glass, Jr. CCCC0
Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, from volume 11 of a...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1976.74Gum tempera, ink, and gold on cotton and paperPage: 83.7 x 67 cm (32 15/16 x 26 3/8 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm...
India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century
1964.52ink and color on paperOverall: 38 x 22.4 cm (14 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)James Parmelee FundCCCC0
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600)
1967.244gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.8 x 26.3 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Severance and Greta Millikin CollectionCCCC0
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1932.36opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperOverall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
The Holy Family
Northern India, Mughal court, early 17th century
2013.312opaque watercolor and gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of the Aged Akbar
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.78Opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 25.2 x 16.8 cm (9 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.); Overall: 27.5 x 18.8 cm (10 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a...
Shravana (Indian)
2012.301opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paperSheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)Gift of Dr. Norman ZaworskiCCCC0
Yusuf and Zulaykha meeting
India, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, 18th century
1939.164opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperOverall: 40.5 x 28 cm (15 15/16 x 11 in.); Average: 21.5 x 15 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial CollectionCCCC0
Circumcision ceremony for Akbar’s sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama ...
Dharam Das (Indian, active c. 1580–1605)
1971.76gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 22.9 x 12.1 cm (9 x 4 3/4 in.); Sheet with border: 34.7 x 22.5 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration
India, Mughal, Kashmir, 17th century
1936.17asymmetrical knot: pashmina (wool)Average: 292.7 x 248.9 cm (115 1/4 x 98 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Princess and attendant in trompe l’oeil window
Aqil Khan (Indian, active mid-1700s)
1955.297Opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 12.5 x 7.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Overall: 44 x 31.6 cm (17 5/16 x 12 7/16 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan...
India, Mughal court, made for Emperor Akbar
2013.308opaque watercolor on paper, mounted on an album page with borders of gold-decorated cream paperPage: 42 x 27.6 cm (16 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling...
Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730–1765)
2013.343opaque watercolor with gold on paper (recto); opaque watercolor with gold on paper (verso)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword ...
India, Mughal court, 17th century
2013.330Opaque watercolor on paperPage: 30.4 x 18.5 cm (11 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge
Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s)
2013.351opaque watercolor with gold on paper, narrow border of gold foliate meander (recto and verso)Page: 33.1 x 24.9 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India,...
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
1971.77Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 31.2 x 18.6 cm (12 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Overall: 36.5 x 23.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
A woman mistakes a cow for the Angel of Death, from a Lights of Canopus ...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2019.81Gum tempera on paperPainting: 19.7 x 10.2 cm (7 3/4 x 4 in.); Framed: 38.1 x 26.7 cm (15 x 10 1/2 in.)Gift of Michael Silver and Deborah Lader in memory of Rabbi Daniel Jeremy SilverCCCC0
Lovers Embracing
India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.91opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 14.9 x 10.1 cm (5 7/8 x 4 in.); Overall: 24 x 16.8 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.); with mat: 35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoPage: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1.aink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoText area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from a Panj Ganj of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.1.bink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoText area: 17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.); Page: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from the Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian,...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2.aink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoPage: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian,...
Mushfiq (Indian) and 1 other
2013.315.2.bink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, double-sided with text on versoPage: 30.2 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (reigned 1605–27)
1945.171Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperImage: 12.4 x 11 cm (4 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Overall: 34.6 x 22.9 cm (13 5/8 x 9 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Tiered Court Scene
Chitarman II (Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750)
1973.237Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 54.6 x 39 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.); Image: 40.1 x 29.1 cm (15 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael de HavenonCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Prince and Ascetics
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1971.79opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paperImage: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.); Sheet with border: 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
A prince visiting a holy man in a rocky landscape
India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.302Opaque watercolor on paperPage: 34 x 20.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.); Painting: 18.4 x 10.1 cm (7 1/4 x 4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Antelope and deer hunt
Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596–1645)
1939.66Opaque watercolor and gold on paperImage: 20 x 11.8 cm (7 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.); Overall: 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–1661)
Balchand (Indian, active 1595–c. 1650)
2013.327gum tempera and gold on paperPage: 28.4 x 25.7 cm (11 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Jewel Portrait of a Young Girl
India, Mughal, 17th century
1968.71ink drawing with slight accents of colorImage: 3.3 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.); Overall: 4.6 x 3.8 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.)Gift of Arthur L. Parker FoundationCCCC0
Footed Platter
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1976.73nephrite (jade)Diameter: 41.1 cm (16 3/16 in.)Given in memory of Ambassador R. Henry NorwebCCCC0
Powder horn
India, Mughal, 17th-18th century
1989.351Jadeite, iron inlaid with brassOverall: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. MillikinCCCC0
European Costume Scene
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.89color on paperImage: 21.5 x 13.4 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Opium Smokers Served Fruit and Bread
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.90color on paperImage: 18.5 x 29 cm (7 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama
Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century)
1960.44ink and color with gold on paperOverall: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Portrait of Asaf Khan (1569–1641), from the Late Shah Jahan Album
Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627–58)
1945.168Gum tempera and gold on paperImage: 19 x 11.9 cm (7 1/2 x 4 11/16 in.); Overall: 38 x 24.8 cm (14 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Draupadi Rescued from Abduction, from a Mahabharata
Northern India, Popular Mughal School, probably done at Bikaner
2018.189gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 14.6 x 19.4 cm (5 3/4 x 7 5/8 in.); Miniature: 11.2 x 16.5 cm (4 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
A Mughal courtier
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
2013.294Gum tempera and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled bordersGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Suraj Singh Rathor, Raja of Marwar and Maternal Uncle of...
Bishandas (Indian, active c. 1610–30)
2013.313Opaque watercolor with gold on paperPage: 29.1 x 19 cm (11 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Prince Murad Baksh (1624–1661)
Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (1627–58)
1917.1066Gum tempera and gold on paperOverall: 20 x 12 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Part of a sari
India, Mughal, Aurangabad, 18th-19th century
1925.670central panel plain weave (paired weft): silk and metal thread; tapestry weave borderOverall: 58.4 x 120.7 cm (23 x 47 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables
Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
2013.303opaque watercolor with gold on paper, mounted on an album leaf with inner borders of gold-sprinkled blue paper and outer plain cream borders (recto); ink on paper, six lines of Persian calligraphy (verso)Page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Painting: 24 x 12 cm (9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal
1944.68Gold, emerald, glass, silver foil, and enamelDiameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by...
Mughal India, court of Jahangir (1605–1627)
2013.318ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, double-sided: one with blue border (recto) and other with red border (verso)Page: 33.7 x 21.9 cm (13 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.); Text field: 21.2 x 11 cm (8 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Kakubha Ragini
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1960.50color on paperOverall: 21.5 x 16 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
Globular-Shaped Box Decorated with Gems
India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)
1989.348gold paste and clear and colored rock crystalOverall: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.)Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. MillikinCCCC0
Head of a Beauty
India, Mughal school, 18th century
1932.117ink, color, and gold on paperImage: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.); Overall: 30.5 x 20.5 cm (12 x 8 1/16 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
A Mughal Prince, Perhaps Danyal, Holding a Sprig of Flowers
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
2013.293Gum tempera and gold on paperMiniature: 14.6 x 8.7 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of an Unidentified Noble from Shah Jahan's Court
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1947.4partially colored drawingImage: 14.4 x 10.2 cm (5 11/16 x 4 in.); Overall: 39 x 27 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed ...
Mughal India
2013.311opaque watercolor with gold on paper, mounted with borders of gold-decorated cream and blue paperPage: 31.6 x 20.7 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in...
Mughal India
2013.307opaque watercolor with gold on paper, text on versoPage: 31.6 x 20.4 cm (12 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
The Emperor Alamgir (reigned 1658–1707) on Horseback
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.81Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paperOverall: 30.5 x 22.3 cm (12 x 8 3/4 in.)Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings FundCCCC0
Portrait of Raja Bikramajit
Lal Chand (Indian)
1945.170ink, color, and gold on paperImage: 33.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Overall: 17.4 x 10 cm (6 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto): Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental...
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756), 17th Century
1987.153ink and color on paperOverall: 37.8 x 27.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Painting only: 19.4 x 14.1 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alton W. WhitehouseCCCC0
Yaja and Upayaja perform a sacrifice for the emergence of Dhrishtadyumna...
Bilal Habshi (probably Ethiopian, active late 1500s)
2013.305opaque watercolor with gold on paper, text on versoPage: 29.8 x 16.8 cm (11 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.69Gold, colored glass, and enamelDiameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Fragment of a Turban Cloth
India, Rajasthan, Mughal period, early 19th Century
1929.76cotton muslin (loom width), undyed, block printed, and overprinted with gold leaf (varak)Overall: 106.7 x 55.9 cm (42 x 22 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from...
Fazl (Indian, active early 1600s)
2013.321Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paperPage: 36.7 x 24 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Riding an Elephant
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1920.1970drawingImage: 23.3 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Overall: 34.9 x 27.9 cm (13 3/4 x 11 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Jesus among the doctors in the Temple
Mir Kalan Khan (Indian, c. 1730–1775)
2013.346opaque watercolor with gold on paper, floral borders in colors on gold groundPage: 35.5 x 25.3 cm (14 x 9 15/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Sri Raga: An Illustration from a Ragamala Series
India, Mughal, 18th century
2013.339opaque watercolor with gold on paperPage: 33.2 x 23 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Aurangzeb
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1920.1968color on paperOverall: 23.5 x 14.9 cm (9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Ring
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.67Gold, colored glass, rubies, and enamelDiameter: 2.6 cm (1 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
India, Mughal, 17th century
2013.326ink drawing with use of colors on paper, borders of gold-flecked cream paper (recto); ink, gold and opaque watercolor on paper, four lines of calligraphy with illuminated panels (verso)Page: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Chair Legs and Panel
Afghanistan, Begram (chair legs); India (panel), Kushan Period (1st century-320) (chair legs); Mughal dynasty (1526-1756) (panel)
1975.103ivoryOverall: 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.)Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase FundCCCC0
Bracelet
India, Mughal, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 18th century
1966.516Gold, emeralds, diamonds, and enamelOverall: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)Bequest of Anne Jessop SmithCCCC0
Nanda and the Elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
India, Mewar or Delhi/Agra region, pre-Mughal, 16th century
1960.53ink and color on paperOverall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCCCC0
A Holy Man Prostrating Himself Before a Learned Prince
Manohar (Indian) and 1 other
2013.297ink on paper, laid down with borders of gold-decorated blue paperPage: 31.5 x 19.7 cm (12 3/8 x 7 3/4 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Babar(?)
India, Mughal, 18th century
1944.497color on paperImage: 4.5 x 3.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Fragment
India, Mughal Period, 16th - 17th century
1952.194Block printed with gold leaf (varak) on undyed plain weave cotton muslinOverall: 39.1 x 11.5 cm (15 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Persian Calligraphy Framed by an...
Mir 'Ali
1977.207Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paperOverall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp LeisyCCCC0
Nobleman Visiting Saint at his Shrine
India, Mughal, 17th-18th century
1939.163color on paperOverall: 21.3 x 13.3 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.CCCC0
Mirror
India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)
1989.350jade with gold and enamel inlayOverall: 15 x 15.1 cm (5 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. MillikinCCCC0
The Dream of Zuleykha
India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century
2013.353opaque watercolor with gold on paper, illuminated borders bandPage: 32.9 x 22.1 cm (12 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Portrait of the Courtier Mirza Muizz
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1917.1067color on paperOverall: 22 x 13.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/4 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic TrustCCCC0
Radha and Krishna Caught in a Storm
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1947.503color on paperOverall: 13 x 13 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama ...
Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century)
1939.65ink and color on paper; Nim qalam drawingImage: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)Dudley P. Allen FundCCCC0
Lady after a Bath
India, Mughal, 18th century
2009.317Image: 12.6 x 7.1 cm (4 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.)Bequest of Muriel ButkinCCCC0
Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk
India, Mughal, 18th century
2009.316opaque watercolor on paperSheet: 44 x 28.7 cm (17 5/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Image: 17.7 x 11.8 cm (6 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)Bequest of Muriel ButkinCCCC0
Lion's Head
India, Mughal period (1526-1756)
1971.275ivoryOverall: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor ThawCCCC0
Vase with flower arrangement and scrollwork
India, Lucknow, Mughal, second half of 18th century
2013.354opaque watercolor with gold on paperGift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0
Saindhavi Ragini of the "Sri Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
India, Popular Mughal school, 17th century
2001.112ink, color and gold on paperOverall: 29.7 x 22.1 cm (11 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)Gift of Natesan Galleries, Ltd., LondonCCCC0
Panels from a Box
India, North East Deccan, Visakhapatnam district, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1969.229ivoryOverall: 29.8 x 13.4 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)Gift of George P. BickfordCCCC0
Page with Panel with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.464ink on paperOverall: 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Page with Two Columns of Persian Writing
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.465ink on paperOverall: 29.2 x 18.5 cm (11 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Seated Scholar, Border Fragment from the Teheran/Berlin album
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.306color on paperImage: 10.3 x 7.5 cm (4 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Overall: 21.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonaldCCCC0
School Exercise Alphabet
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.498ink on paperOverall: 25.8 x 16.2 cm (10 3/16 x 6 3/8 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love
India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century
1928.797painting on paperPage: 30.5 x 17 cm (12 x 6 11/16 in.)Educational Purchase FundCCCC0
Illuminated Leaf with Writing by Muhammad Ali
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1933.476ink on paperOverall: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)Edward L. Whittemore FundCCCC0
Emperor Shah Jahan
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1917.1065ink and color on paperImage: 15.7 x 20.6 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.); Overall: 21.3 x 28.9 cm (8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust by exchangeCCCC0
Teacher with his Pupil
India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)
1971.304color on paperImage: 14.1 x 8.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.); Overall: 26.7 x 17.4 cm (10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonaldCCCC0
Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika)
India, Mughal, Kulu influence, 18th century
2009.318opaque watercolor on paperSheet: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.); Image: 13.4 x 10.2 cm (5 1/4 x 4 in.)Bequest of Muriel ButkinCCCC0
Kamod Raga of the "Dipak Raga" Family, page from a Ragamala Series
India, Pahari Hills, Bilaspur School, Mughal
2001.111ink, color and gold on paperImage: 18 x 14.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Paper: 22.4 x 18.7 cm (8 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)Gift of Natesan Galleries, Ltd., LondonCCCC0
A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of...
Yusuf Ali (Indian, active early 1600s)
2013.322ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paperPage: 43.5 x 28.3 cm (17 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim CollectionCCCC0