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Matchless Pieces · 58,583 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.

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

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

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

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

India, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

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