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"Princess and Attendants on Balcony",

 Folio from the Davis Album Object Name: Illustrated album leaf Date: 17th century Geography: India Culture: Islamic Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Nose ring (nath)

Gujranwala, Pakistan

c. 1853

Gold with imitation gems

V&A Collection

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Dagger and jade sheath with inlaid rubies, emeralds and diamonds. India, Mughal Empire, 1675-1700 [1507x2100]

Source: https://reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/e1x7p4/dagger_and_jade_sheath_with_inlaid_rubies/

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A Music Party

Abanindranath Tagore

Bengal, India, 1905

Watercolors on paper

A group of people sit and listen to a lady playing a sitar. The setting is that of a Mughal court, with Mughal style architecture in the background and the setting sun visible through the arches.

The artist, Abanindranath Tagore (1871 - 1951) was the pioneer and leading exponent of the Bengal School of Art, which flourished between 1905 and 1920. In his paintings, he sought to counter the influence of Western art as taught in art schools under the British Raj, by modernizing indigenous Moghul and Rajput traditions. His work became so influential that it was eventually accepted and regarded as a national Indian style.

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Nur Jahan

India, Mughal, c. 18th century

Opaque watercolors & gold on paper

 © Victoria & Albert Museum

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Lady Ra’aba of Basra

India, Mughal, c. 17th century

Ink, watercolors, & gold on paper

© Victoria & Albert Museum

Likely based on a Domenico Tintoretto engraving of Mary of Magdalene.

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The Virgin Mary

India, Mughal, c. 1760 - 1765

Gouache and gold on paper

© The Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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A Camel and it’s Rider Playing Kettledrums Mazar Ali Khan Delhi, India, Mughal, c. 1840 Gouache © Victoria & Albert Museum, London One of six figures, this painting likely depicts the Mughal Emperor’s ceremonial procession on the occasion of Eid.

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Dying Inayat Khan

Balchand

India, Mughal, 1618 - 1619

Ink and light wash on paper

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Grinding Corn at Bengal

Arthur William Devis

England, 1792 - 1795

Oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Necklace

India, possibly Jaipur c. 18th century

Gold inlaid with white sapphire; back enameled red, white, and green, pearls and green stone pendant and center; gold thread chain and slide closure                  

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A Flowering Plant

India, Mughal, c. 17th century

Opaque watercolors and gold on paper

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Jali

India, Mughal, 1605 - 1627

Sandstone

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Dancing Girl

Tilly Kettle

India, British, 1772

Oil on Canvas

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Two Women Dancing

India, Mughal, c. 17th Century

Opaque watercolors and gold on paper

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Happy Diwali! 🎇

Court Ladies Playing with Fireworks ca. 1740 Mughal dynasty  Color and gold on paper

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Khusrau spies Shirin bathing From a Khamesh of Nizami India, Mughal dynasty, Early 18th century

The British Museum

A girl was swimming in the river. Her marble-carved body moved swiftly like a fish in the water, and her tousled hair clung wildly to her face and shoulders, giving her an unsophisticated kind of beauty. He caught his breath at the sight of this overwhelming creature.

– Tales from the Land of the Sufis by Mojdeh Bayat Mohammad Ali Jamnia