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Five women grouped around the board game Parchesi, in a
courtyard in front of a building.
ID: J 9
#03060234

Five women grouped around the board game Parchesi, in a courtyard in front of a...

A pair of lovers, 1760. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn. From a "Ragamala" series.
ID: Add Or 5
#03060236

A pair of lovers, 1760. A lover is departing from his sleeping mistress at dawn....

Dipaka Raga. At night, on a terrace, a princely couple listen to music. A servant holds a fly-swatter. From a Ragamala series.
ID: Add Or 2788
#03060237

Dipaka Raga. At night, on a terrace, a princely couple listen to music. A servan...

A couple dancing in a garden, accompanied by musicians.
A goldfish-pond in the foreground.
J 37 6
#03060239

A couple dancing in a garden, accompanied by musicians. A goldfish-pond in the...

A man kneels to court a woman, 1760. Indian courtship scene: a man kneels on a richly patterned carpet and pays court to a woman who coily turns away holding a veil to her face. A servant or chaperone stands on the left.
ID: Add Or 7
#03060240

A man kneels to court a woman, 1760. Indian courtship scene: a man kneels on a r...

A man and a woman on a terrace, 1760. The woman sleeps, while her lover aims his arrow at a cockerel on the wall above.
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#03060242

A man and a woman on a terrace, 1760. The woman sleeps, while her lover aims his...

A couple courting. Two lovers watched by female chaperons.
Scene from the "Naskhichar".
ID: Add 16880 fol. 89 verso
#03060243

A couple courting. Two lovers watched by female chaperons. Scene from the "Nask...

The Moghul Emperor Babur (reigned 1526-1530) holding a hawk, 1800-1825. Babur was the founder of the Moghul empire in India.
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The Moghul Emperor Babur (reigned 1526-1530) holding a hawk, 1800-1825. Babur wa...

Shah Tahmasp of Persia receives Humayun, the Moghul emperor, surrounded by courtiers, 1603. Before them lie swords and a dish of food, while servants bring more food. Other men are fighting in the foreground. From the "Akbarnameh".
ID: Or 12988 fol.98 recto
#03060247

Shah Tahmasp of Persia receives Humayun, the Moghul emperor, surrounded by court...

A Moghul prince, surrounded by servants and musicians, lies smoking on a couch. A female attendant behind him holds a fly-whisk.
ID: J 66 9
#03060248

A Moghul prince, surrounded by servants and musicians, lies smoking on a couch....

Moghul emperor Aureng-Zeb sits on a throne which has a parasol attached to its back. He is shown in profile with a halo.
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Moghul emperor Aureng-Zeb sits on a throne which has a parasol attached to its b...

Portrait of Emperor Aureng-Zeb, shown in profile with head bent and hands together as if in prayer. He is dressed in white, has a white beard and wears a jewelled turban with a halo. The portrait is set within a window-like frame with red, gold and black fabric above and below, in a white and gold border with an outer gold frame with fan shapes. ID: J 22
#03060250

Portrait of Emperor Aureng-Zeb, shown in profile with head bent and hands togeth...