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MatchlessPieces

Matchless Pieces · 28,484 artists & workshops

The Masters · I

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

Karttikeya — India, Kashmir, c. 5th Century

India, Kashmir, c. 5th Century

Seated Ascetics — India, Kashmir, Harwan

India, Kashmir, Harwan

Corner Fragment of a Shawl — India, Kashmir, late 18th century

India, Kashmir, late 18th century

Square Shawl — India, Kashmir, late 19th century

India, Kashmir, late 19th century

Jacket — India, Kashmir, Late 19th century

India, Kashmir, Late 19th century

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

India, Kashmir, mid-19th century

Page from the Poem of Beauty and Love — India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century

India, Kashmir, Mughal, 19th century

Chakla: Cloth used to Wrap Articles of Bride's Dowry, or as a Hanging — India, Kathiawar, 19th century

India, Kathiawar, 19th century

Lady and Her Confidante — India, Kishangarh, early 19th Century

India, Kishangarh, early 19th Century

Studies of a Lion Killing Prey — India, Kotah school, c. 19th century

India, Kotah school, c. 19th century

Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers — India, Kotah school, early 19th Century

India, Kotah school, early 19th Century

Standing Devi — India, Ladakh, 12th century

India, Ladakh, 12th century

Bracelet — India, Lahore

India, Lahore

Hanging with niche design — India, late 18th – early 19th century

India, late 18th – early 19th century

Cover (or Hanging) — India, late 19th century

India, late 19th century

India, Lucknow

India, Lucknow, late 1800s

The Dream of Zuleykha — India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century

India, Lucknow, Mughal, 18th century

Attendant of Surya, the Sun God — India, Mathura, Gupta Period (320-647)

India, Mathura, Gupta Period (320-647)

Corner Railing Pillar with Drinking Scenes, Yakshis, and Musicians — India, Mathura, Kushan period

India, Mathura, Kushan period

Head of Surya — India, Mathura, Post-Gupta period

India, Mathura, Post-Gupta period

Ringstone — India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)

India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)

Hookah Bowl — India, Mughal

India, Mughal

The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night — India, Mughal court, 16th century

India, Mughal court, 16th century

Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso) — India, Mughal court, 17th century

India, Mughal court, 17th century

Globular-Shaped Box Decorated with Gems — India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)

India, Mughal dynasty (1526-1756)

Hookah Base — India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

Ring — India, Mughal Dynasty (1526–1756)

India, Mughal Dynasty (1526–1756)

Lion's Head — India, Mughal period (1526-1756)

India, Mughal period (1526-1756)

Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur) — India, Mughal school, 16th century

India, Mughal school, 16th century

Head of a Beauty — India, Mughal school, 18th century

India, Mughal school, 18th century

Drawing of an Elephant — India, Mughal School, early 18th Century

India, Mughal School, early 18th Century

Princes hunting in a rocky landscape — India, Mughal, 16th century

India, Mughal, 16th century

Rooster — India, Mughal, 17th century

India, Mughal, 17th century

Powder horn — India, Mughal, 17th-18th century

India, Mughal, 17th-18th century

Oval portrait of a woman in a Chaghtai hat — India, Mughal, 18th century

India, Mughal, 18th century

Seated Couple — India, Mysore, early 19th Century

India, Mysore, early 19th Century

Border with Peacock Design — India, Northern, 17th century (?)

India, Northern, 17th century (?)

Mithuna (Loving Couple) — India, Orissa, early 14th Century

India, Orissa, early 14th Century

Sketch of a Woman with an elephant and other animals on reverse — India, Pahari, 18th century

India, Pahari, 18th century

Man Dhata in Yogi Position — India, Pahari, Nurpur, late 17th Century

India, Pahari, Nurpur, late 17th Century

Standing Manjusri (Arapacana Form) — India, Pala, 12th-13th century

India, Pala, 12th-13th century

Embroidered Sari — India, Patna, 19th – early 20th century

India, Patna, 19th – early 20th century

Sword with scabbard — India, perhaps Deccan

India, perhaps Deccan

Sash with flora and banded field — India, probably Aurangabad

India, probably Aurangabad

Tulwar sword — India, probably Deccan

India, probably Deccan

Fragment of the Reverse Side of a Mirror — India, probably Jaipur, 18th century

India, probably Jaipur, 18th century

Base and Feet of Devata or Yakshi — India, Province of Orissa, 20th century

India, Province of Orissa, 20th century

Taus — India, Punjab

India, Punjab

Wristlet — India, Punjab (?)

India, Punjab (?)

Bracelet — India, Punjab (?) or Sind

India, Punjab (?) or Sind

Krishna massaging the feet of Radha, a scene possibly from the Gita Govinda — India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School

Armlet of bazuband — India, Punjab, 18th-19th Century

India, Punjab, 18th-19th Century

India, Punjab, 19th century

Hanging (Phulkari work) — India, Punjab, Late 19th century

India, Punjab, Late 19th century

Shawl — India, Punjab, late 19th century

India, Punjab, late 19th century

Fragment — India, Rajasthan

India, Rajasthan

Fragments of Draped Court Apparel — India, Rajasthan ?

India, Rajasthan ?

Fragment — India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan

India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan

Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series — India, Rajasthan, Ajmer

India, Rajasthan, Ajmer

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