Folio from the Kathasaritsagara, ca. 1590, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (32.4 x 20.6 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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Folio, Kathasaritsagara, ca, 1590, Attributed, India, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/8, 32.4 20.6 cm, Codices, folio, vast compilation, tales, Sanskrit written, eleventh-century poet, Somadeva, amusement, Kashmiri queen, Suryamati, translated, Persian, Akbar, r, 1556–1605, late sixteenth, century
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