Folio from the Kathasaritsagara, ca. 1590, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (3

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Folio from the Kathasaritsagara, ca. 1590, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. ( x cm), Codices, This folio is from a vast compilation of tales in Sanskrit written by the eleventh-century poet Somadeva for the amusement of the Kashmiri queen Suryamati, and translated into Persian for Akbar (r. 1556–1605) in the late sixteenth century

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