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1. Add Or 3044

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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

2. Add Or 3045

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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

3. Add Or 5332

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Add Or 5332
Title:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different sorts of Nepalese chaityas (small stupas).
Scope & Content:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different sorts of Nepalese chaityas (small stupas). The principal inscriptions read (duplicated or added to by inscriptions in Nepali): ‘66-75 Various small chaityas at Devapattana, around the great Chaitya.’ ‘70 A restored Layanakar Chaitya’ ‘76...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5332-5334

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Add Or 5332-5334
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Add.Or.5332-5334 3 sheets of drawings of Nepalese caityas and mandalas, parts of larger sets. The inscriptions suggest that they belonged originally ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.5332-5334 3 sheets of drawings of Nepalese caityas and mandalas, parts of larger sets. The inscriptions suggest that they belonged originally to the collections formed 1820-44 by Brian Houghton Hodgson (see Add.Or.5338, and NHD62). Ink (and pencil) on Nepalese country paper; 44 by 34 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
3 items

5. Add Or 5333

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Add Or 5333
Title:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different Nepalese chaityas, some with sculptures.
Scope & Content:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different Nepalese chaityas, some with sculptures. The principal inscriptions read (duplicated or added to by inscriptions in Nepali): ‘1-11 Chaityas No. 1 Chaityas of Nepal.’ ‘No. 1 Khasachait near Deopatan. Nam. 1. Dhanyarasyakara caitya Khasacai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 5334

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Add Or 5334
Title:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different types of Buddhist mandalas.. Artist(s): Rajbir Citrakar (fl. 1820-1844)
Scope & Content:
A sheet drawn on both sides illustrating different types of mandalas. The principal one, no. 6, occupies the entire sheet and is signed by the artist Rajbir (though subsequently overwritten). Signed: ‘Rajbeer Chittrakar Nepal.’ ‘No. 6 Mandal No. 6. Dharmachakra mandal copied from a picture...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5338

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Add Or 5338
Title:
Add.Or.5338 41 drawings of mostly Buddhist interest from Nepal, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Hodgson served with the Eas ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.5338 41 drawings of mostly Buddhist interest from Nepal, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Hodgson served with the East India Company in Bengal 1818-44, spending almost the whole of his service in Nepal. He went back to India in a private capacity to continue hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
4 items

8. Add Or 5338(1-17)

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Add Or 5338(1-17)
Title:
Buddhist iconography. 17 sheets of various sizes, some from a folded exercise book. mostly consisting of the representation of numerous deities per sheet with inscriptions in Nepali.
Scope & Content:
Buddhist iconography. 17 sheets of various sizes, some from a folded exercise book. mostly consisting of the representation of numerous deities per sheet with inscriptions in Nepali. Pen-and-ink except for 1 (gouache), on Nepalese and European paper; various sizes, mostly 25 by 40 cm.. Highlig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5338(18-28)

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Add Or 5338(18-28)
Title:
Representations of Nepalese sculpture and iconography.
Scope & Content:
Representations of Nepalese sculpture and iconography. 11 sheets of various sizes, some connected with the purely iconographic representations in (1), with numerous inscriptions in Nepali. Pen-and-ink, and pen-and-ink and wash; various sizes, mostly 25 by 40 cm. 18 includes a large sculptur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5338(29-34)

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Add Or 5338(29-34)
Title:
Six studies of Nepalese architecture and Buddhist shrines.
Scope & Content:
Six studies of architecture and Buddhist shrines. 29 The five-storeyed Nyatapola temple standing in its square in Bhatgaon, with figures leaving the temple. Pen-and-ink and pencil; 285 by 310 mm. Inscribed in pencil in Nagari: ‘Bhadgaon Nyatapol.’ Note: This and the ne...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1843
Extent:
1 Item