Found in a temple near Pondicherry. The figure represents cosmic activity. The significance of the gestures is as follows the drum in the right hand signifies creation; the fire in the upper left hand, destruction; the abaya (fear not) position of the lower right hand, protection; the position of the raised left foot, salvation; the foot placed on the prostrate dwarf, Apasmarapurusa, removal of illusion/ignorance. — Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), c. 1100
India

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A yogini bearing a jar. One of 19 known sculptures from a set originating in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. — Yogini with a jar, early 10th century
India

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husband and wife seated on a lotus in the pose of royal ease and intimacy with bull and tiger underfoot; symmetrical architectural backdrop with large central disc behind heads of main figures — Uma-Maheshvara, 10th-11th century
India

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figure seated in dhyanasana with hands in lap; cushion below figure carved with foliate sprays and central quatrefoil medallion; crest ornamented with a diamond-shaped srivatsa; back uncarved — Seated Jina, c. 1108
India

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Man with halo carries sword and wears sash — Portrait of Shah Jahan, 1700-1720
India

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Illustration from the 'Gulshan-i 'Ishq (Rose Garden of Love). A man holds a large bag of clothes seated under a tree, upper center, seven fairies playing in a pool with fountain are gesturing to him, figures surround on four sides by a garden — Raja Bikram Collecting the Clothes of the Bathing Fairies, c. 1710
Mulla Nusrati

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Represented as a child. The figure is in the tribhanga stance and carries a cymbal in his left hand. The right hand is in a gesturing position. Patina brownish-green. Index finger of right hand missing. — Child Shaiva Saint Sambandar, 15th century
India

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carved wood; marriage of Shiva panel; marriage ceremony of Shiva and Parvati in center; various figural images representing manifestations of Shiva. — Door Lintel Depicting the Marriage of Shiva and Parvati, 19th century
India

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reddish carved openwork stone; central arch with wide border with open stars; top corners contain rosettes on one side and 'Allah' on the other; central trellis design of curving lines; attached to mount — Jali (window screen), Mughal dynasty, c. 1600–20
India

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dark green complected Parsvanatha seated in the lotus posture with cosmic diagram superimposed over his body, represented by nine circles or mandalas — Cosmic Parsvanatha, c. 1525
Jain

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Vishnu on a lotus pedestal flanked by his principal consorts; holds a mace, sun dish (cakra), conch and lotus blossom in his four hands; various animals and mythical creatures in background; figures shown at base. — Vishnu with Lakshmi and Sarasvati, Pala period, 11th century
India

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standing female figure with bare breasts, in contraposto pose; wearing tiered conical headdress with wheel on back, necklaces, bracelets, rings, heavy belt, gauzy form-fitting slacks, anklets; figure stands on a graduated base; PL arm down, PR hand upraised — Devi Uma Parameshvari, Great Goddess Uma, 13th century
India

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squatting male figure with knees splayed apart, head turned slightly toward PL; figure has rounded belly, wide mouth and nose (missing) and high eyebrows; figure holds a bowl in his PR hand, resting on his knee; figure wears a large earspool in his PR ear with a floral motif and a round earring with floral motif in his elongated PL earlobe; figure also wears a beaded necklace and a headdress; small female figure (face and portion of PR arm missing) behind larger figure's PL shoulder; arched element behind large figure's head and shoulders; reddish grey stone; attached to black base — Kubera, 8th century
India

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two seated figures, male and female, on separate bases that fit into large separate rectangular base; larger male figure has four arms and sits with PL leg drawn in and PR leg extended downwards at an angle; man wears headdress with wheel on back; one hand has a small animal perched on his fingers, another hand has a small axe-like object resting on fingers; female figure seated in mirror image of man's position, with a small bolster under PR knee; woman is bare-breasted and hold PL hand out, palm up; woman wears a tiered conical headdress with a wheel on the back — Somaskanda (Holy Family), 13th-14th century
India

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Water Vase (Lota), India — Water Vase (Lota), 17th-18th century
India

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iconography either a snake or a bird — Pambadam Earrings, 19th-20th century
India

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Krishna and Balarama underneath a Tree, India — Krishna and Balarama underneath a Tree, 19th century
India

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Kartikeya on a Peacock, India — Kartikeya on a Peacock, 19th century
India

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from a collection of Twenty Calcutta Paintings, watercolor on handmade paper, heightened with gold metallic paint; termed the post cards of the period. — Heroine with Peacock, 19th century
India

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light brown patina; standing man holding an infant in the crook of his PL arm, seated on a book; man has hair cut in a tonsure hairstyle — Saint Anthony of Padua, 17th-18th century
Goan Artist

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recto: rectangular image with text at top and bottom; battle scene with figures on horses and elephants, with swords and bows and arrows; figures at top in mountains fighting in hand-to-hand combat and throwing large rocks; bright multicolors; verso: black text with touch of red; gold lines around borders — The Armies of Timur Combat the Forces of Nasir al-Din Mahmud Tughluq, from the Zafarnama, 1595-1600
Bhora

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nude male figure with short hair and elongated earlobes standing rigidly upright on a base with incised designs — Jina, 11th or 12th century
Jain

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Bidri ware, bronze with inlaid brass. — Ewer, c. 1700
India

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half-conical open base made of bands of graduated sizes (breast of bird); head with large eyes and scrolling beak with headcrest and pair of "ears"; fan of peacock-like tailfeathers; scrolling motifs and wheel-like roundels; brown, red, black, and white; received attached to small wheeled base with metal armature/stand — Processional image of a Large Swan (Velya Annam), 19th century
India

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circular fluted front legs; scrolled upper back splat; arms fluted and curl under in front; caned seat panel which removes — Armchair, one of a pair, c. 1810-1830
India

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circular fluted front legs; scrolled upper back splat; arms fluted and curl under in front; caned seat panel which removes — Armchair, one of a pair, c. 1810-1830
India

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silver claret jug with hinged cover; overall floral motif, highly decorative, large upside down heart at each side, raised cobra forms the handle, hinge and central decorative element on top of the cover — Claret Jug, c. 1890
India

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small writing desk having a circular floral pattern adorning the major surfaces (top, sides and front of door) with handles on either sides, hinges, top guard rail and front heart shaped lock plate of silver; ebony stand for cabinet said to be made in Portugese colony of Goa, India — Writing desk on stand, c. 1725-1750
India

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golden city at top center; rocky landscape in foreground with several trees; battle scene with two human figures at right (one with blue skin) with bows and quivers; monkeys, bears, monsters and fantastic animals fighting with swords, spears, daggers, bows and shields — Siege of Lanka, Illustration from a Ramayana Series, 1595-1605
India

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figure with short black hair and blue skin at center, wearing red striped loincloth, anklets, bracelets and armlets, and necklaces, holding open the bead of a white crane with its tongue sticking out and blood dripping from its beak; another standing figure wearing maroon striped loincloth and holding a red staff at left center; fanciful trees in LLC and at top; three figures with two oxen and a calf at top; red border; white Ararbic inscription at top center — Krishna Kills the Crane Demon, Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series, c. 1720
Master of the Court of Mankot (possibly "Meju")

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Bust portrait of a lady wearing a man's turban, c. 1735-1740

Hunhar II

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Bust portrait of an idealized youth, c. 1735-1740

Hunhar II

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ivory noisemaker; extension carved with flowers and crosshatched designs; plexi stand — Grogger (noise maker), 20th century
Middle East or India

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golden brown patina; standing woman holding a book her in PL hand; PR hand in a fist with a hole in center; woman has thick hair beneath a headscarf; woman stands on an attached base which is unfinished on the back; masking tape with "13" on back — Figure of Mary Magdalene, 17th-18th century
India

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crucified Christ figure wearing crown of thorns, with head tilted slightly to PR and arms outstretched; medium brown — Crucifix, 17th-18th centuries
India

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brown patina; standing woman with hands folded; long face; headscarf which extends down nearly to skirt hem in back — Figure of "Our Lady of Sorrows", 17th-18th century
India

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standing Madonna with head turned toward PL holding infant Christ in a reclining position in front of her chest; winged putto head at bottom center; golden brown patina — Madonna and Child, 18th century
India

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golden brown patina; standing figure of Mary holding a book in her PR hand and a tiny infant Jesus sitting upright held with her PL hand; garments on both figures have many vertical pleats; edging on Mary's headscarf and garments are sawtooth; removable base with winged face at front — Madonna and Child, 18th century
India

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Christ figure looking up; arms lost; medium patina — Crucifix, 17th-18th century
India

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standing figure with PR hand on chest, holding a vertical object in PL hand; shoulder length hair; medium brown patina; "12" on masking tape on back — Figure of a saint, 17th-18th century
India

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standing Madonna in a controposto pose with head tilted to PR slightly, holding Christ child who is seated in the crook of her PL arm; three putti heads with wings at bottom center beneath Madonna's feet; light brown patina; attached to dark wood base with applied floral medallions — Madonna and Child on crescent moon, 17th-18th century
India

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brown patina; standing woman with hands together in prayer; woman wears a headscarf over her shoulders that extends down to her skirt hem in back, with edging of circles between bands; very regular vertical folds in clothing on back — Figure of Mary (Assumption), 17th-18th century
India

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block printed, resist and mordant dyed handspun and woven cotton; each block shows a seated figure on a tall stool with three smaller attendant persons; red, brown, white, pink; geometric band at top; mounted on tan fabric backing — Textile fragment, 14th-15th century
India

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painted and dyed, handspun and woven cotton; battle scene with red-skinned figures wearing blue and tan garments; tan ground; gauze-like fabric — Ramayana, 18th century
India

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resist and mordant dyed, handspun and woven cotton; alternating rows of bird motifs; tan, pale green, maroon; triangular zigzag elements at left; floral motif bands at top and left; mounted to maroon backing — Textile fragment, 16th-17th century
India

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hand-drawn and block printed, resist and mordant dyed, handspun and woven cotton; floral and leaf forms or forested landscape; dark turquoise blue, rust red, tan, purple (turquoise and red mixed/one color on top of the other); border of circles with leaves and circles inside, squares with quatrefoils, zigzags, and circles; white machine stitching (initials?) along long side with border design — Textile panel, 14th-15th century
India

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hand-drawn resist and mordant dyed, handspun and woven cotton; design shows a delicate scrolling vine with carnations and other flowers against a finely dotted background; coloration and design are in the Mughal or Jaipur style; central field of scrolling foliage with red and light blue flowers in various forms, with ground of red circles; similar bands at each end; zigzag elements with similar flowers and red at each short end — Kain sembagi, 17th-early 18th century
India

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dark brown patina; seated figure with legs hanging down--PL ankle hooked behind PR leg; PR elbow resting on a round object with PR hand on cheek; PL hand on knee; tiny sheep in PL thigh and PL shoulder; figure wears tunic with incised grid motif; pin in backside — Christ the Good Shepherd, 17th-18th century
India

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standing female figure holding a small book in her PL hand; trim on headscarf and garment is scalloped with circle border; tall base with scrolling leaves; medium brown; "14" on masking tape on back of base — Figure of Mary Magdalene, 17th-19th century
India

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cream to golden brown patina; standing Mary with long uncovered feathery hair down to her mid back holding infant Jesus in her PL hand, who is nude and sits upright; Mary wears a robe with a tie at the waist and a mantle with decorative incised edging over her shoulders — Madonna and Child, 17th-18th century
India

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brown patina; relief head of a woman with feathery hair and pierced ears; unfinished on back; masking tape with "5" on back — Bust of Madonna, 17th-18th century
India

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central image of large dark-skinned figure wearing elaborate costume of white beads and gold, in a squared-off architectural framed work with floral bouquets on vases made of tiny white dots on dark ground, and flanked by four smaller figures in similar costumes; three small figures beneath large figure; eight standing figures wearing orange at left and right, and one pair of figures wearing white at top, flanking the architectural element; five kneeling figures in bright-colored robes with their faces covered at each side below figures wearing orange; L-shaped element at each side of image broken into small rectangles, each with a figure--the majority of which are clothed similarly to central figures; landscape at bottom with three women carrying vessels on their heads and three mean with a pair of white cattle; kneeling figures at bottom with two monkeys; fish and blooming lilies in water at bottom; multicolored floral border around all edges; predominately orange; mounted on brown canvas — Picchavai of Srinathji, late 19th century
India

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illustration from a 'Ramayana' series — Rama, Hanuman, and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, c. 1720
Chamba School

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A Black Partridge, Company School — A Black Partridge, c. 1800
Company School

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surface covered with paintings of warriors; battle scenes, horses, carts, and more; large mustachioed figure in red at center holds a spear and lotus; faces four other seated figures — Scroll Painting Dedicated to Pabuji, 20th century
Motilal Josi

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dress with long sleeves; multicolored embroidery and mirrors on green silk bodice; green silk skirt with red, yellow and white tie-dyed flowers; multicolored embroidery and mirrors on orange silk at hem — Child's dress, 20th century
India

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Yellow background with burgundy tie-dye design; embroidered with gilded silver thread. — Woman's head covering, late 19th-early 20th century
India

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Five panels sewn together; oblique stripes in blue, orange, beige. — Woman's mourning veil (Odhani), early 20th century
India

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Bani Thani Bathing at Pholl Sagar Palace, India — Bani Thani Bathing at Pholl Sagar Palace, 1810-1820
India

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embroidery, brown field, geometric square and triangular patterns of fuchsia, yellow, orange and white — Woman's Shawl (pulkari), 20th century
India

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brown background with figurative and geometric imagery embroidered in orange, red, purple, green, white and yellow; black ink-like writing in corners; possible scattered embroidered text — Phulkari, 20th century
India

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royal blue ground; embroidery in cream, pink, yellow, tan, blue and red of thin flowering vines with birds — Sari, c. 1920s
India

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multicolored top portion with triangular woven design; purple waistband; multicolored band with gold thread and sequins in organic design, flanked with gold lame bands; purple, yellow, green and pink scalloped rows at cuffs, appliqued with gold metal bands — Farshi Pajama, c. 1910
India

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A princely couple, surrounded by female musicians and attendants, gaze upon an approaching storm. The pastoral countryside is darkened on the right by thunder and lightning and punctuated by flying birds. — Lovers Watching an Approaching Thunderstorm, c. 1780-90
India

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horse, facing left on a buff ground — The Iraqi Steed Jugaldan, c. 1720
Bhavani Das

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Shiva, India — Shiva, late 10th century
India

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globular body with neck pinched in middle; painted figural decor, glass and pigment. — Glass vase with animal painting for Indian market, 1670-1700
India

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Village Well in Dusty Winds, Jodhpur District, India, Raghubir Singh — Village Well in Dusty Winds, Jodhpur District, India, c. 1980
Raghubir Singh

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Printed hanging, center panel contains design of cypress trees monographed date at foot of center one. Triple border, one of the restives containing inscriptions from Koran. — Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom, Late 19th century
India

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Odhani, or woman's veil, of black satin with very fine tie-dye design in red. Fine embroidery borders enclosing mirror chips. Embroidery. — Woman's veil (Odhani), 19th century
India

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kussaba or square shawl; the ground is of black wool, parts of which have been woven separately and fastened together; shawl is completely covered with floral and arabesque designs; border woven separately and added; supplementary border of fringed strips of colored woolen; the design has been outlined in embroidered stitch; alike on both sides — Shawl (kussaba), 18th century
India

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Woman's shirt and trousers; of light weight green satin; triangular ornamentation below opening for neck consisting of silk embroidery enclosing small mirror discs; similar embroidery on bottom of trouser leg — Woman's Shirt, 18th century
India

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India, Rajasthan, lintel arch from a Vishnu temple, c. 12th century, greystone, with three four-armed male deities seated in columnar niches flanked by female attendants, the outer two each holding Vishnavite attributes, a warrior issuing from the mouth of a makara at either side, tiered canopies above; the central figure flanked by four figures of Vishnu on Garuda, H.14 x W.35-1/2 x D.5 in., mounted on metal stand. — Lintel with Vishnus and Celestial Musicians, 12th century
India

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Shiva sits with Parvati on top of a flayed tiger skin. Shiva wears a necklace of human heads and holds an antelope in his upper left hand, a blade in his upper right, a trident in his lower left, and rudraksha beads in his lower right. — Uma Maheshvara (Shiva and Parvati), late 19th century
India

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Vasudeva carries the Infant Krishna across the Yamuna River, India — Vasudeva carries the Infant Krishna across the Yamuna River, c. 1720
India

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illustration from a Ramayana series — Sita at the Hermitage of Bharadvaja, c. 1810
India

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An Illustration to the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das, India — An Illustration to the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das, c. 1700
India

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Square shawl, patchwork, of hand-loom woven pieces with inserted scrolls of black and white and river design in border. Field carries pattern of large cones and arabesques converging on the shaped central panel. Inner border has running flower and leaf design. Outer border embroidered. Fringed edges. #9 in Exhibition. — Shawl, 19th century
India

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Red square bag with brown and tan cord and 4 fabric tassel bundles decorated with shells; embroidered geometric patterns in yellow, blue, green and varagated red and white — Pouch, 20th century
India

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Sheer white brocade fabric with diagonal vines; slits at sides with 2 pairs of ties at waist and button at neck; small pocket on PR side at waist — Rajput robe, 18th century
India

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Cuff cut from a man's robe; pink ground with printed flowers in green, red, purple and white; outlines painted with gold; lined with green and edged with pink — Sleeve cuff, 19th century
India

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plain weave cloth, tie dyed; one half the length has been untied; the remainder is tied — Turban Cloth, 1974
India

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beige silk pants with drawstring; go with tunic (97.189.55) — Pants, 20th century
India

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Red silk with large yellow tie-dyed field at center with 5 red areas; printed floral designs at border and inside red areas, made up of small rectangles; sequins and gold, aqua and green embroidery around bottom and portions of right, left and top edges, at center and through yellow field — Head covering, 20th century
India

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2 pairs of necktie shaped embroidery on white fabric; gold metallic ground with border and central section of floral vines in black, green, dark pink and light pink — Two uncut tabs for Anghaka, 18th century
India

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2 textile fragments mounted on board under plexi; asalmon-colored silk with embroidered vine and flower border on L in black and silver on gold; bgold ground with 3 'plants' of same motif as border on a; same border on L SO / EMB — Patka Fragments, 18th century
India

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Brown fabric with overall repeated floral design in dark brown, black and gilt; mounted on board under plexi SO / DYED — Chinz Fragment, 18th century
India

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2 pairs of necktie shaped embroidery on white fabric; gold metallic ground with border and central section of floral vines in black, green, dark pink and light pink — Two uncut tabs for Anghanka, 18th century
India

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weft interlock tapestry and brocade patterning; blue/green and metallic gold; red/orange band on one end — Sari, 20th century
India

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3 pairs of necktie shaped embroidery on salmon pink fabric; gold metallic ground with green and yellow scrolling vines with red and white striped 'pods' — Three uncut tabs for Anghaka, 18th century
India

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White cotton fabric with embroidered scrolling flowering vine in pinks, white, green and black; border of alternating yellow and green rectangles outlined in black — Border, 18th century
India

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One complete and one partial large band of scrolling poppies in green and pink with 4 bands of smaller flowers on metallic ground — Velvet fragment, 18th century
India

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White brocading on white plain weave; repeated floral motifs; stripe of metallic threads flanked with red at bottom with geometric design halfway across above stripes — Panel, 19th century
India

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orange silk pants; go with tunic (97.189.53) — Pants, c. 1920
India

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White cotton fabric stamped and embroidered with flowerlike circles (stamps visible around edges of embroidery and at one end) in red, salmon, yellow, green and blue; 5 flowers embroidered over stamps at one end; small blue bead sewn into one blue circle — Length of Embroidered Fabric, 20th century
India

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Sheer yellow fabric with overall design of isolated floral forms in purple, red, green and black SO / DYED — Turban fragment, 18th century
India

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Double-faced embroidery; white fabric with multicolored floral designs in strips and blocks with central medallion; black ink guidelines separate blocks and create stems — Rumal, 18th century
India

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red silk tunic with metallic (gold) decorative embroidery at hem, wrists, chest and in two bands running vertically up front — Tunic, c. 1920
India

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silk tunic; beige with machine embroidery of flowers in green, purple, red at neck — Tunic, 20th century
India

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Jain. Central seated figure with inlaid eyes and 3 inlaid jewels on chest; canopy overhanging figure; 23 small figures surrounding largest figure; all seated except 2 standing figures on either side of seated figure; pointed archlike structure — Caturvimsati-patta of Jina, 1579
India

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