The merchant has the hateful skull ground and put into a box, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-third Night
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) · c. 1560

gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper