Square Tanka of Akbar I

Panel from a linen cloth faced with long loops of linen thread. The inwoven slit tapestry square (tabula) introduces wool wefts. At center, a quail with red feet and beak sits with...

Set within splendidly detailed borders, this painting depicts the aged Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) conversing with the famous Hindu ascetic Gosain Jadrup. They are seated outside ...

This unfinished watercolor painting depicts the front of the tomb of Akbar, the third Mughal emperor (r. 1556 to 1605. The large, arch-shaped doorway (iwan) bears decorative panels...

Against a mint green background, a portly figure, recognizable as the folklore character Mulla Do Piyazeh, is depicted with a white robe with long sleeves and his distinctive, larg...

This painting features the main entrance gate to the tomb of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605). Company School....

A stately view of the entranceway to the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (d. 1605). The entrance gate sits in the center of the composition on a low horizon line created by the ga...

Pendant consisting of embroidered panels of couched metallic yarns and outlined in red silk suspended from a braided cord with black and white chevrons. From top to bottom: 1) ...

This large, horizontally oriented, rectangular album leaf is inscribed with twenty columns of text, the columns with varying numbers of characters and thus of varying lengths. The ...