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The Raja’s son vows to sever his head and offer it to the image if he is united with the princess he has seen in the temple, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fourth Night

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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In this painting, intended for a Muslim patron, the sculpture of a Hindu deity lacks a face and hands.

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