Reverse: eight red adavats are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies, the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: eight red-vented bulbuls are perched in a blossoming tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: eight yellow birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: eight peacocks are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verse written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree. Reproduced: Ebeling (1973), fig.111.
Reverse: eight black and white birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: eight birds are perched in, and alighting around, a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: eight grey ducks bearing Harivallabha’s Hindi verses on their bodies swim in a lotus tank; the Persian identification is written on a ninth duck which splashes in the centre.
A starling, European print on a Deccani album leaf.
Scope & Content:
Engraving of a starling. European, 18th century (mounted on a Deccani album leaf). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. 191 by 144 mm; page 330 by 230 mm. Reverse: two lines of red ‘naskhi’ calligraphy on blue paper; 18th century. A starling facing left is perched on a stump; a sphe...
Bazindah. Numbered 1 in Persian. 163 by 96 mm; page 250 by 181 mm. The pigeon, Bazindah, is setting off from the nest on his travels. From the story of the two pigeons, Bazindah and Nawazindah (Eastwick (1854), introduction, story I, 43; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.21v-25r).
The kite and the hawks. Numbered 2 in Persian. 165 by 101 mm; page 290 by 185 mm. Two hawks in a tree. From the story of the kite who reared the young of two hawks (Eastwick (1854), introduction, story I, 52; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.25v-27r).