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471. Add Or 3004

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3004
Title:
A prince enthroned in the countryside
Scope & Content:
A prince enthroned in the countryside. Ahmadnagar, c.1595-1600. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Inscribed in Persian: ‘Muhammad Qutb(?) Shah.’ Drawing with gold; on an album page with undecorated border. 206 by 130 mm; page 240 by 162 mm. Reverse: a drawing of a simurgh. A youthf...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1595-1600
Extent:
1 Item

472. Add Or 3004v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3004v
Title:
A simurgh
Scope & Content:
A simurgh. Deccan, c.1650. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded. Drawing with silver and gold; on an album page with green border. Seal of Rashid Khan, ‘Alamgir Padshah Ghazi, with the date 48, probably for the 48th regnal year of Aurangzeb. 123 by 169 mm; page 162 by 240 mm. Reverse: a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

473. Add Or 3005

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3005
Title:
Two mendicants begging alms from a grain seller.
Scope & Content:
Two mendicants ‘(suthra shahi)’ begging alms from a grain seller who is seated in his shop. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains probably at Lahore or Amritsar, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 7.5 by 9.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Ar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

474. Add Or 3006-3011

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3006-3011
Title:
Add.Or.3006-3011 6 mica paintings depicting plants, birds, butterflies and a moth. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850. Gouache on mica. Purchased 10 Mar ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3006-3011 6 mica paintings depicting plants, birds, butterflies and a moth. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850. Gouache on mica. Purchased 10 March 1968.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1851
Extent:
6 items

475. Add Or 3012

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3012
Title:
The god Brahma.
Scope & Content:
The god Brahma. By a Maithil Brahmin woman from the household of Paramanand Jha, village Sitavarapur, Darbhanga district, Bihar, 1967. Inscribed on the reverse in ‘nagari’ characters:’ nam paramanand jha, mo(halla) sitavarapur, varg 5, umar 90 baras, p.o. mangrauni, zila darbhanga’ (name Param...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1967
Extent:
1 Item

476. Add Or 3013-3043

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3013-3043
Title:
Add.Or.3013-3043 6 large picture maps of Tibet and 25 drawings of places, monasteries, people and ceremonies in Tibet bound into three volumes. By a T ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3013-3043 6 large picture maps of Tibet and 25 drawings of places, monasteries, people and ceremonies in Tibet bound into three volumes. By a Tibetan artist, c.1844-62. Binding lettered: ‘Wise. Tibetan Drawing’. Many drawings are inscribed with notes in Tibetan characters. Explanato...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1862
Extent:
26 items

477. Add Or 3044

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3044
Title:
Buddhist deities of the Bhairava (Krodha) or yabyum kind.
Scope & Content:
Buddhist deities of the ‘bhairava (krodha)’ or ‘yabyum’ kind. By a Tibetan artist, mid-19th century. A number of the deities are inscribed with their names in Tibetan script. Inscribed on back in Tibetan script (dbu-can) vertically placed: ‘Om ah hum svah hah; in’ modern cursive dbu-med: ‘zes...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

478. Add Or 3045

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3045
Title:
Prayer scroll with six panels
Scope & Content:
Prayer scroll with six panels. By a Tibetan artist, mid-19th century. The panels contain circular patterns inscribed with the Tibetan characters ‘A’, ‘Su’, ‘Ni’, ‘Tri’, ‘Pre’, and ‘Du’. Gouache on cloth with silk brocade ends on rollers; 48 by 7 ins. Presented by Brian Houghton Hodgson Augus...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

479. Add Or 3046

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3046
Title:
Mandala
Scope & Content:
A Tibetan mandala. By a Tibetan artist, c.1880. Inscribed in Tibetan characters with points of the compass. Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 10.75 by 10.75 ins. Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

480. Add Or 3047-3058

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3047-3058
Title:
Add.Or.3047-3058 12 drawings depicting Tibetan deities by a Tibetan artist, probably at Lhasa, c.1800. Gouache on paper, bound into a volume; size of ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3047-3058 12 drawings depicting Tibetan deities by a Tibetan artist, probably at Lhasa, c.1800. Gouache on paper, bound into a volume; size of volume 33 by 25 ins. Purchased March 1920. Note: According to Quaritch, from whom the drawings were purchased, they had formed part of the col...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1801
Extent:
12 items

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