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Matchless Pieces · 58,583 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.

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

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

Lovers Embracing (Raga Malkaus) — India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

India, Rajasthan, Bundi, 18th century

Rajput Box with Various Scenes — India, Rajasthan, early 19th Century

India, Rajasthan, early 19th Century

Pendant — India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 18th century

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 18th century

Krishna and Gopis — India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 19th century

India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 19th century

Maharaja Bijay Singh in His Harem, ca. 1770 — India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur

India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur

Umed Singh of Kota Hunting Lions — India, Rajasthan, Kota, 18th century

India, Rajasthan, Kota, 18th century

Page of Sketches with a Portrait of Sri Maharaj Chatter Singhji — India, Rajasthan, Kota, 19th century

India, Rajasthan, Kota, 19th century

Gajendra Moksha: The Salvation of the King of the Elephants — India, Rajasthan, Kota(?), 19th century

India, Rajasthan, Kota(?), 19th century

Jina (Tirthankara) — India, Rajasthan, Medieval period

India, Rajasthan, Medieval period

India, Rajput Kypi

Turban "Patka" — India, Rajputana, 18th-19th century

India, Rajputana, 18th-19th century

Fragment of Head of Buddha — India, Sarnath, Gupta Period (320-647)

India, Sarnath, Gupta Period (320-647)

Roundel — India, Satavahana period

India, Satavahana period

Stele with Durga Figure — India, Sena dynasty

India, Sena dynasty

Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi) — India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)

India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)

Portrait of a Seated Man — India, Sikh, 19th century

India, Sikh, 19th century

Battle Axe — India, Sind, Kach tribe

India, Sind, Kach tribe

Dining Scene with European Elements — India, Subimperial, 16th century

India, Subimperial, 16th century

An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi — India, Sultanate period

India, Sultanate period

Fragment (Mashru: Textile made for Muslim Market) — India, Surat

India, Surat

Brocade — India, Surat, 18th or 19th century

India, Surat, 18th or 19th century

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

India, Surat, 18th-19th century

Part of a Sari — India, Surat, 19th – 20th century

India, Surat, 19th – 20th century

India, Surat, 19th century

Agni, God of Fire — India, Uttar Pradesh

India, Uttar Pradesh

Fragment — India, Warangal, 18th or 19th century

India, Warangal, 18th or 19th century

Leaf from Qur'an — Indian (?) Persian (?)

Indian (?) Persian (?)

Indian 17th Century

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