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Standing Buddha Offering Protection

Date: late 5th century
Accession Number: 1979.6

Mayuri

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.163

Sarangi

Date: ca. 1900
Accession Number: 1982.143.2

"A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.29

Part of a petticoat

Date: mid-to third quarter 18th century
Accession Number: 1992.82

The House of Bijapur

Painting by Kamal Muhammad (active 1680s)

Date: ca. 1680
Accession Number: 1982.213

"Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Chitarman (active ca. 1627–70)

Date: recto: 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.24

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Painting by Govardhan (active ca. 1596–1645)

Date: verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50
Accession Number: 55.121.10.22

Footed Bowl and Plate

Date: first half 18th century
Accession Number: 2000.490a, b

Jain Svetambara Tirthankara in Meditation

Date: first half of the 11th century
Accession Number: 1992.131

Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series

Devidasa of Nurpur (active ca. 1680–ca. 1720)

Date: dated 1694–95
Accession Number: 57.185.2

Enthroned Vishnu

Date: second half of the 8th–early 9th century
Accession Number: 1984.296

"A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.26

Dagger and Sheath

Date: ca. 1605–27
Accession Number: 1984.332

Ghanti

Date: last half 19th century
Accession Number: 89.4.154

Dagger with Hilt in the Form of a Blue Bull (Nilgai)

Date: ca. 1640
Accession Number: 1985.58a, b

Sankh

Date: 19th century
Accession Number: 1986.12

Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 2011.236

Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Date: 17th century
Accession Number: 1976.176.1

"Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (1253–1325)

Date: 1597–98
Accession Number: 13.228.28

Sash (Patka) with a Floral Border

Date: second half 17th century
Accession Number: 1983.494.9

Sitar

Murari Adhikari

Date: 1997
Accession Number: 1999.399

Painted Cloth (Pichwai) Depicting the Celebration of the Festival of Cows

Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Accession Number: 2003.177

Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript

Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra (Indian)

Date: ca. 1465
Accession Number: 1992.359

Great Indian Fruit Bat

Painting attributed to Bhawani Das

Date: ca. 1777–82
Accession Number: 2008.312

Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion

Tara (Indian, active 1836–1870)

Date: 1845–46
Accession Number: 2001.344

Black Stork in a Landscape

Date: ca. 1780
Accession Number: 2000.266

Screen

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 1993.67.2

Base for a Water Pipe (Huqqa) with Irises

Date: late 17th century
Accession Number: 1984.221

Child Saint Sambandar

Date: late 11th century
Accession Number: 2010.230