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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

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

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

"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

"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

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

Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion

Tara (Indian, active 1836–1870)

Date: 1845–46
Accession Number: 2001.344

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

Finial in the Form of a Parrot

Date: 17th–18th century
Accession Number: 19.135.3

Floral Tent Panel

Date: ca. 1635
Accession Number: 1981.321

Screen

Designed by Lockwood de Forest (American, New York 1850–1932 Santa Barbara, California)

Date: ca. 1881–90
Accession Number: 1992.43

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album

Date: recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
Accession Number: 55.121.10.39

Goa Stone and Gold Case

Date: late 17th–early 18th century
Accession Number: 2004.244a–d