Basavana

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The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night
The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
by Basavana
India, Mughal, 16th century · c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s · Gum tempera and gold on paper
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1596 · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1596 · Gum tempera and gold on paper
Calligraphy
Calligraphy
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1596 · Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank
by Basavana
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1600 · gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Jain Ascetic (Basavana)
Jain Ascetic (Basavana)
by Basavana
Mughal · Basavana · c. 1600
A Mughal court painter's study of a naked Digambara Jain ascetic — Emperor Akbar's interest in all religions meant his ateliers painted sages of every tradition in fine-line detail.