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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Johnson Collection

551. Johnson 46,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,3
Title:
Varaha avatar ( the boar )
Scope & Content:
Varaha avatar (the Boar). 149 by 96 mm. Visnu, boar-headed, raises the earth from the waters upon his tusks, as the demon Hiranyaksha is stricken beneath him. A boar stands in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

552. Johnson 46,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,4
Title:
Narasimha avatar ( the Man-lion )
Scope & Content:
Narasimha avatar (the Man-lion). 150 by 97 mm. Visnu, lion-headed, emerges from a stone pillar to disembowel the blasphemous Hiranyakasipu. The devout Prahlada is suspended from the roof by his ankles and wrists. The queen and a Brahmin stand in adoration on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

553. Johnson 46,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,5
Title:
Vamana avatar ( the dwarf )
Scope & Content:
Vamana avatar (the Dwarf). 149 by 99 mm. Visnu in his dwarf form asks Bali for the boon of as much land as he can step over in three strides; Bali pours water over his hands. Sumitra, the officiating priest, stands on the right and Prahlada is on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

554. Johnson 46,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,6
Title:
Parasurama avatar ( Rama with the axe )
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). 157 by 98 mm. Rama is in combat with the thousand-armed Kartavirya. Renuka sits above near her wounded husband Jamadagni and Surabhi, the cow of plenty.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

555. Johnson 46,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,7
Title:
Rama avatar
Scope & Content:
Rama avatar (Ramachandra). 160 by 103 mm. Rama and Lakshmana are in combat with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Hanuman is about to drop a boulder from above. At the top Sita is visited by Hanuman during her imprisonment.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

556. Johnson 46,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,8
Title:
Krishna avatar
Scope & Content:
Krishna avatar. 153 by 96 mm. Vasudeva bears his infant son Krishna across the Jumna to the foster-mother Yasoda, as a serpent and lion rise in adoration on either side. Devaki is on the right with the substituted baby; Yasoda waits with a companion on the other side of the river; Brahma pres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

557. Johnson 46,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,9
Title:
Buddha avatar
Scope & Content:
Buddha avatar. 154 by 98 mm. A four-armed goddess sits on a lotus with Brahmins standing in worship on either side. Note: Painters at this date had little knowledge of Buddhist iconography. For the Buddha they sometimes used Jain images and sometimes the goddess Chandi Devi, as in this case.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

558. Johnson 47,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 47,1
Title:
Matsya avatar (the fish )
Scope & Content:
Matsya avatar (the Fish). Inscribed: ‘Matsy’ avatar. 183 by 131 mm. Visnu emerges from the jaws of a fish to battle with the demon Hayagriva who floats on the water in a conch shell.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

559. Johnson 47,1-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 47,1-7
Title:
J.47,1-7 Seven illustrations of the avatar’s’ of Visnu. Bengal, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on painted surfaces ...
Scope & Content:
J.47,1-7 Seven illustrations of the avatar’s’ of Visnu. Bengal, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on painted surfaces with identifications in English; numbered on reverse in Persian numerals 1-3 and 6-9, indicating the original positions of the three missing s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1769-1771
Extent:
7 items

560. Johnson 47,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 47,2
Title:
Kurma avatar (the tortoise)
Scope & Content:
Kurma avatar (the Tortoise). Inscribed: ‘Brahma, Siva, Vishnu.’ 211 by 147 mm. The gods and demons churn the ocean with the serpent Vasuki and Mount Mandara. Visnu sits aloft. Many of the lost items are shown recovered: the moon, the sun, Indra’s elephant, the horse Uchchaihsravas, the bow ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item