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MatchlessPieces

Matchless Pieces · 28,484 artists & workshops

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Painters, illuminators, calligraphers and makers — from ancient Thebes to the Ottoman Nakkaşhane, Safavid Tabriz, Mughal Lahore and the modern age.

Amulet in the Shape of a Pipal Leaf (Ficus religiosa) with Four-armed Dancing Shiva — India, Ajmere, Bombay Presidency

India, Ajmere, Bombay Presidency

Fragment of a Sari — India, Aurangabad ?, 18th-19th century

India, Aurangabad ?, 18th-19th century

India, Aurangabad ?, 19th century

Brocade — India, Benares ?, 18th-19th century

India, Benares ?, 18th-19th century

Fragment — India, Benares ?, 19th century

India, Benares ?, 19th century

India, Benares, 19th century

Ear Plug — India, Bengal (?)

India, Bengal (?)

Kantha — India, Bengal, 19th century

India, Bengal, 19th century

Radha and Krishna meet in the forest during a storm — India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century

India, Bengal, Mughal, 18th century

Sword — India, Bhutan

India, Bhutan

Votive Plaque with Figure of the Buddha, Temple at Bodhgaya, and Stupas — India, Bihar, Bodhgaya

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya

Bijan killing the wild boars of Irman, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934–1020) — India, Bijapur, Deccan

India, Bijapur, Deccan

Anthropomorph — India, Bronze Age

India, Bronze Age

Pair of Painted Doors — India, Bundi, 19th century

India, Bundi, 19th century

Piece of a Turban (Pugri) — India, Chanderi, 19th century

India, Chanderi, 19th century

Dodot Lampong — India, Coromandel Coast, 18th century

India, Coromandel Coast, 18th century

Calligraphy (verso) — India, Deccan, 17th century

India, Deccan, 17th century

Gujari Ragini (Krishna with Gopis Playing the Flute), from a Ragamala Series — India, Deccan, Aurangabad, 18th century

India, Deccan, Aurangabad, 18th century

Pendants — India, Delhi

India, Delhi

Bed Cover (?) — India, Delhi ?, 19th century

India, Delhi ?, 19th century

India, Delhi in the Punjab

A wandering Shaivite ascetic with his dog — India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

India, Delhi-Agra, Mughal

Bhairava Raga — India, early 19th century

India, early 19th century

Man's Coat — India, Early 19th century

India, Early 19th century

Fragment of Silk — India, early 20th century

India, early 20th century

Kantha (Ceremonial Quilt) — India, East Bengal, 19th century

India, East Bengal, 19th century

Green Parrot — India, East India Company School

India, East India Company School

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night (recto); calligraphy of a quatrain (verso) — India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

Patera with Man Riding Monster — India, Gandhara, Taxila, Palera period

India, Gandhara, Taxila, Palera period

Bedspread — India, Goa

A prince riding a composite elephant — India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century

India, Golconda, Deccan, 16th century

Women playing at cross-dressing — India, Golconda, Deccan, 17th century

India, Golconda, Deccan, 17th century

Fragment with decorated bands — India, Gujarat

India, Gujarat

India, Gujarat, 16th-17th century

India, Gujarat, 19th century

Floorspread with medallion pattern — India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad

India, Gujarat, probably Ahmedabad

India, Gulbarga ?, 19th century

Brocade — India, Gulbarga, 18th-19th century

India, Gulbarga, 18th-19th century

Brocade — India, Gulbarga, 19th century

India, Gulbarga, 19th century

Fragment — India, Gulbarga(?)

India, Gulbarga(?)

Grotesque Male Head — India, Gupta period (320–647)

India, Gupta period (320–647)

A princess with attendants on a terrace — India, Hyderabad, Deccan, 18th century

India, Hyderabad, Deccan, 18th century

Fragment — India, Jaipur ?, 18th century

India, Jaipur ?, 18th century

Hair Ornament, Jada Billi — India, Jaipur, 17th century

India, Jaipur, 17th century

Stem Cup — India, Jaipur, 17th-18th century

India, Jaipur, 17th-18th century

Ring in the Form of Six Fishes — India, Jaipur, 18th century

India, Jaipur, 18th century

India, Jaipur, 18th-19th century

India, Jaipur, 19th century

Ladies Hand Mirror with Horse as Handle — India, Jaipur, late 18th-19th Century

India, Jaipur, late 18th-19th Century

Jar with Cover — India, Jeypore, Moghul

India, Jeypore, Moghul

Bracelet — India, Karachi

India, Karachi

Standing Buddha — India, Kashmir

India, Kashmir

Coat — India, Kashmir and probably Avadh

India, Kashmir and probably Avadh

Two Fragments of Bark with Sanskrit — India, Kashmir, 17th century

India, Kashmir, 17th century

Fragment of a Shawl — India, Kashmir, 19th century

India, Kashmir, 19th century

Corner of Fragment of a Shawl — India, Kashmir, 20th century (?)

India, Kashmir, 20th century (?)

Walking Buddha — India, Kashmir, 8th century

India, Kashmir, 8th century

Mould — India, Kashmir, 8th-9th Century (?)

India, Kashmir, 8th-9th Century (?)

Standing Vishnu with Attendants — India, Kashmir, 9th century

India, Kashmir, 9th century

Apricot Long Shawl — India, Kashmir, Afghan period

India, Kashmir, Afghan period

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