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471. Add Or 4166

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Add Or 4166
Title:
Rama seated on rocks, with a diminutive Hanuman. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities
Scope & Content:
Rama seated on rocks, with a diminutive Hanuman.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

472. Add Or 4170

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Add Or 4170
Title:
Two strange figures, both in respectful postures, one blue with a five-headed cobra hood and wearing a tiger skin, the other half-man, half-tiger. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Two strange figures, both in respectful postures, one blue with a five-headed cobra hood and wearing a tiger skin, the other half-man, half-tiger. Inscribed: ‘Rishi’. Note: Is the first one Ananta, the second Narasimha or the Man-Lion?.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

473. Add Or 4171

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Add Or 4171
Title:
A four-armed Sita seated in the ashoka grove, while Hanuman above in a tree lets down Rama’s ring with his tail. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
A four-armed Sita seated in the ashoka grove, while Hanuman above in a tree lets down Rama’s ring with his tail.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

474. Add Or 4172

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Add Or 4172
Title:
Vibhishana, kneeling, holding mace and shield. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Vibhishana, kneeling, holding mace and shield. Inscribed: ‘Vibishana Rachaha’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

475. Add Or 4179

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Add Or 4179
Title:
Krishna dancing on the snake Kaliya. One of 6 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities
Scope & Content:
Krishna dancing on the snake Kaliya.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

476. Add Or 4180

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Add Or 4180
Title:
Rama standing on a pedestal, with bow and sickle-headed arrow. One of 6 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities
Scope & Content:
Rama standing on a pedestal, with bow and sickle-headed arrow. Inscribed: ‘Ramasami’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

477. Add Or 4181

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Add Or 4181
Title:
Garuda, alighting, a pot of magic herbs in his hand. One of 6 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities
Scope & Content:
Garuda, alighting, a pot of magic herbs in his hand. Inscribed: ‘A Girudan’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

478. Add Or 4203

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Add Or 4203
Title:
Krishna and Balarama as cowherds attending their cows in a pasture
Scope & Content:
Krishna and Balarama as cowherds attending their cows in a pasture. Sandy dunes and flowering trees represent the groves of Brindaban. By a Mewar artist, c.1820. Opaque water-colour: 26.5 by 23 cm. Purchased 1984.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

479. Add Or 4318

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Add Or 4318
Title:
Mangala, the planet Mars, holding mace and water-pot
Scope & Content:
Mangala, the planet Mars, holding mace and water-pot. He wears a lotus-topped crown, a sprigged dhoti, and a muslin ‘dupatta’ with flowered ends, and rides facing left on a snarling orange and white tiger. The ground is a dark red, with a narrow band of cloud-streaked sky at the top and anothe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1720
Extent:
1 Item

480. Add Or 4361

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Add Or 4361
Title:
Folk-story in painted scroll form
Scope & Content:
A folk story in painted scroll form. By a Keralan artist, 19th century. Coarse cloth covered on recto with a yellow ground, with blue and ochre pigments, arranged in 9 registers; some Malayalam inscriptions. 138 by 54 cm. Bequeathed by Dr. A.A. Baké, along with Eur.Mss. ....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item