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91. Add Or 21

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Add Or 21
Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
Scope & Content:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

92. Add Or 21, Add Or 210

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Add Or 21, Add Or 210
Title:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.21, Add.Or.210 Two miniature paintings from a manuscript of the ‘Shahnama’ of Firdawsi. Indian (Sultanate): mid fifteenth century. The style is now generally admitted to be Indian, but the strong Persian (Shiraz) influence and the fact that till recently such paintings were invariably ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1449-1451
Extent:
2 items

93. Add Or 22

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Add Or 22
Title:
A female Christian saint. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A female Christian saint. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Purchased from Thakur J. Seesodia, November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and apricot borders sprinkled with gold. 235 by 143 mm; page 476 by 316 mm. The saint sits reading a book at the foot of an asc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

94. Add Or 23

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Add Or 23
Title:
Majnun in the wilderness
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Majnun in the wilderness. Oudh, c.1770-80. Purchased from Thakur J. Seesodia, November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with a wide margin of carnations in gold on a plain background. 227 by 158 mm; page 477 by 315 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in praise of God, written in ‘nasta‘liq’ ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

95. Add Or 24

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Add Or 24
Title:
The rite of sati. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90)
Scope & Content:
The rite of sati. By Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1780. Purchased. Signed in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i bahadur singh’ (the work of Bahadur Singh); four lines of Sanskrit beneath the picture are a quotation from the ‘Yajñavalkyasmrti’ and its commentary describing the rite of ‘sati.’ Tinted d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

96. Add Or 25

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Add Or 25
Title:
Visnu and his ten avatars.
Scope & Content:
Visnu and his ten avatars. South India, c.1800. Presented by Sir John Sinclair, 8 July 1806, when other drawings of Madras were presented by him. Inscribed on reverse: ‘The Incarnations of Vishnow for Sir John Sinclair Baronet of Ulbster [sic]. Presented by Sir John Sinclair.’ Gouache with g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

97. Add Or 26

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Add Or 26
Title:
Radha makes love to Krishna
Scope & Content:
An illustration to the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das. Kangra, c.1820. Purchased March 1955. Inscribed on reverse with seven lines of Hindi verse from the ‘Rasikapriya’ of Keshav Das. Gouache with gold; oval with yellow borders heightened with gold; spandrels with floral motifs and white decorati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

98. Add Or 27

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Add Or 27
Title:
Megha Raga
Scope & Content:
Megha Raga. Krishna dances in a glade to the rhythm of three girl musicians; peacocks perch in the trees. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘rag megha (Megha Raga).’ 231 by 159 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

99. Add Or 28

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Add Or 28
Title:
Khambhavati Ragini
Scope & Content:
Khambhavati Ragini. A girl worships Brahma who sits between two fires on a terrace. Inscribed in Urdu: ‘ragini kanhavachi malkosh ki (Khambhavati Ragini’ of’ Malkos).’ 234 by 160 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

100. Add Or 29

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Add Or 29
Title:
Durga Puja. Artist(s): Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830)
Scope & Content:
Durga Puja. Male dancers and musicians performing before an image of the goddess Durga installed inside a house. On the left a group of three men seated on painted stools, one smoking a hookah. By Sevak Ram (c.1770-c.1830), a Patna artist, c.1809. Water-colour; 11 by 8.5 ins. Purchased 14 N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1809
Extent:
1 Item

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