Formal landscape in gold with trees, flowers and animals, including a lion springing on a buffalo.
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Formal landscape of trees and flowers with birds, deer, and a lion springing upon a buffalo. Mughal, c.1635-40. Guard page, executed in gold. 325 by 235 mm.
A watercarrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins
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A watercarrier (‘bhisti’) with his bullock and water-skins. Inscribed on front: ‘A Bheastie, a man that brings water round by a Bullock. the bags are made of Pig’s skin.’
Man driving a pack-bullock carrying merchandise. By a Patna artist, c.1830. Watermark ‘1828’. Water-colour; 254 by 203 mm. From the collection of Mildred and W.G. Archer. Purchased 1978. Note: Purchased by Mildred and W.G. Archer at Patna in 1942 from Radha Mohan, Principal of the Patna Ar...
Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Cultivators irrigating their fields with oxen drawing water from a well. Water-colour; 190 by 228 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings’ (London, 1967), no.53.
Water-carrier (bhisti) with his bullock and water-skins. Artist(s): Bani Lal (c.1850-1901)
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Water-carrier (‘bihisti’) with his bullock and water-skins; the Ganges in the background. Water-colour; 222 by 190 mm. Note: Reproduced Mildred and W.G. Archer, ‘Indian Painting for the British’ (Oxford, 1955), pl.12, fig.26; Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer, ‘ibid’, no...