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881. Photo 1003(847)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(847)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Railing pillars, Naga with cup, and other figures.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

882. Photo 1003(848)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(848)
Title:
Miscellaneous sculptures from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

883. Photo 1003(849)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(849)
Title:
Sculpture panel showing a Jain stupa and torana, two dancing girls, with inscription beneath, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
For inscription, see 'Epigraphia Indica', vol. II, p. 200. Bloch: 'The technical name of such a panel was ayagapata [homage panel].' Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

884. Photo 1003(851)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(851)
Title:
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Jain homage tablet, donor unknown, found in the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 9. Piece now in the Lucknow Museum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

885. Photo 1003(852)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(852)
Title:
An ayagapata or Jain homage tablet, with small figure of a tirthankara in the centre and inscription below, from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Jain homage tablet, set up by the wife of Bhadranadi, said to have been found in December 1890 near the centre of the mound of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila. Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 11. Now in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

886. Photo 1003(853)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(853)
Title:
Fragment of the arch of a sculptured Jain torana (reverse side), from Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Drawing of this piece reproduced in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 19: 'There is nothing in the sculptures of this torana to indicate whether the ceremony depicted was Jain or Buddhist; but the fact that the slabs were found not far fro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

887. Photo 1003(855)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(855)
Title:
General view of excavations of the Jain stupa at Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along excavated trench. Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 2, where Smith comments that the photograph, 'in the absence of explanatory notes recorded at the time, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

888. Photo 1003(856)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(856)
Title:
View of the Jain stupa as excavated, Kankali Tila, Mathura. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in Vincent A. Smith, 'The Jain Stupa and other antiquities of Mathura' (Allahabad, 1901), pl. 4.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1889
Extent:
1 item

889. Photo 1003(857)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(857)
Title:
General view of the Jami Masjid, Mathura. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the court towards the main façade of the mosque. The interiors of the three arches are decorated with encaustic tiling.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870s
Extent:
1 item

890. Photo 1003(858)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(858)
Title:
Front view of an ancient inscribed statue, perhaps a yaksha, Parkham, Mathura District. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Parkham is situated between Agra and Mathura, about 14 miles from the latter. The statue is described in A. Cunningham, 'Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83' (A.S.I. vol. XX, Calcutta, 1885), pp. 40-41: 'Parkham is remarkable for the possession of the oldest statue that has yet been...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

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