Opaque Watercolour Collection (page 5)

John the Baptist recognizes Christ by the appearance of a dove, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604

Hindola Raga, c. 1790-1800. Creator: Unknown
Hindola Raga, c. 1790-1800. The word hindola means swing in Sanskrit, and the term raga indicates that this painting is from a set in which each work depicts a scene intended to evoke a particular

Court lady singing and playing the vina, c. 1760. Creator: Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian
Court lady singing and playing the vina, c. 1760. Her mouth open slightly in song, the womans hennaed fingers strum a three-string vina

Court lady pouring wine, c. 1760; borders c. 1830s. Creator: Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian
Court lady pouring wine, c. 1760; borders c. 1830s. The artist has depicted a glass or crystal duck-headed decanter adorned with a gilded grapevine motif, signaling the contents

Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi, c. 1640-1650. Creator: Unknown
Girls Spraying Each Other at Holi, c. 1640-1650. The antics of Holi, the festival of spring, are in full tilt in this scene that takes place in the womens quarters of a palace

Three physicians preparing medicine, from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 1224. This page is one of about thirty folios

Creator: Mir Ali
Page from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Persian Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds, c. 1500 to 1540

Rustam meets the challenge of Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 934-1020), c. 1590-1600

Four Seated Masters, c. 1450. Creator: Unknown
Four Seated Masters, c. 1450. Founders and prominent masters of the Sakya order of Buddhism in Tibet are featured in this painting as part of the lineage of teachers who transmitted knowledge of

Folio from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 1224. Creator
Folio from an Arabic translation of the Materia Medica of Dioscorides, 1224. This page is one of about thirty folios, now dispersed among various public and private collections

A Rajput Warrior with Camel, Possibly Maru Ragini from a Ragamala, 1650-80. Creator: Unknown
A Rajput Warrior with Camel, Possibly Maru Ragini from a Ragamala, 1650-80

A raven brings food to Elijah, from a Mir at al-quds of Father Jerome Xavier (Spanish, 1549-1617), 1602-1604

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1585. Creator
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album, c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

The Entry into Jerusalem, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602-1604

A Lady Plucking Flowers with Peacocks, Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the Chawand
A Lady Plucking Flowers with Peacocks, Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the " Chawand Ragamala", 1605

Circumcision ceremony for Akbars sons, painting 126 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu l Fazl (Indian, 1551-1602), c. 1602-3

Maharana Jagat Singh Attending the Raslila, 1736. Creator: Jai Ram (Indian), attributed to; Jiva
Maharana Jagat Singh Attending the Raslila, 1736. To celebrate the New Year festival of Diwali, dancers reenact the life story of the Hindu god Krishna in a palace courtyard by candlelight under

Maharaja Abhai Singh, Equestrian, Watching Girls Swinging at the Teej Festival, c. 1740. The Teej Festival celebrates the coming of the monsoons that bring the rains essential for the crops

Madhu Madhavi Ragini, c. 1630-1640. Creator: Unknown
Madhu Madhavi Ragini, c. 1630-1640

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Tenth night: The viziers son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchants son, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-third night: The snake, hidden in a basket of flowers, reveals himself to the Raja who has just sent away his wife, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-sixth night: The court of the Raja of Ujjain, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-seventh night: The four destitute friends go to a wise man who gives each one of them a magic shell to be placed on top of the turban, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Sixth night: Seven men disputing possession of a woman bring her before the Tree of Justice into which she is absorbed, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-sixth night: The snake enters... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-sixth night: The snake enters into an argument with the frog, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twelfth night: The merchants daughter meets the gardener, c. 1560. Among the illustrations in the Tales of a Parrot

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-ninth night: The eldest brother... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-ninth night: The eldest brother explains the reason for his youthful appearance, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-first night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-first night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Forty-fifth night: The Amir slays the snake after giving it shelter, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fourth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-fourth night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-third night: Salim and Salima return to Ayaz and Mahmuda in the sanctuary, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirteenth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirteenth night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The Brahman gives... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-fifth night: The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylons daughter to his friend, the magician, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-second night: As punishment... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-second night: As punishment, the jesters wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the amirs wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, c

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirtieth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirtieth night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): second night: The sentinel in the employ…, c1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): second night: The sentinel in the employ of the Shah of Tabaristan prepares to sacrifice his son to the ghost of the Shahs soul, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-ninth night: The queen of Rum... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-ninth night: The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Nineteenth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the nineteenth night, c. 1560

On the Benefits of Quails (verso) from a Manafi al-Hayawan... c. 1300. Creator: Unknown
On the Benefits of Quails (verso) from a Manafi al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu (d. 1058), c. 1300

Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China (Recto); The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwans Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (Verso), c. 1482

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto)…, 1555-65. Creator: Unknown
Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets], 1555-65

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twentieth night: Three suitors fight... c
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twentieth night: Three suitors fight amongst themselves for the hand of the devotees daughter, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-sixth night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-sixth night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-seventh night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-seventh night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-second night: Latif, who has murdered his brother, falsely accuses Khurshid of the deed, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-first night: The parrot... 1558-1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-first night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, 1558-1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-eight night: The parrot addresses Khujasta…
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Thirty-eight night: The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-eighth night, c. 1560

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): The Rajas daughter and her lover stoned to death for adultery, c. 1560

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