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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4770, f.19
Title:: Bhairava, depicted as a short dark man with curly hair wearing shorts, and haloed, and blowing a long curved trumpet, facing a black mastiff.
Scope & Content:: Bhairava, depicted as a short dark man with curly hair wearing shorts, and haloed, and blowing a long curved trumpet, facing a black mastiff. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘bhairavan.’ ‘19. Bhaioon, I believe the representation of the Morning.’ Note: Bhairava’s mount is a dog.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4770, f.20
Title:: Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand.
Scope & Content:: Narada, dressed in dhoti and scarf, crowned and haloed, carrying a vina over one shoulder and with a rosary in his left hand. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘narad.’ ‘20. Nard, the Inventor of the Bin, the Daiota of concord & discord, of counsel and a noted Muni, 2d. son’ of Birmha.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4770, f.32
Title:: Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green jama and green turban, playing the rebab.
Scope & Content:: Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green ‘jama’ and green turban, playing the rebab. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. mardana. nanak shah.’ ‘32. Nanuc, the Illustrious founder of the Sect of the ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1780
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: P447
Title:: 'Borneo. 1. Alfouras en grand Costume; 2. Instruments de Musique'. Hand coloured engraving by Louis Gustave Thibault (fl.1836-42) after a drawing by Danvin. Artist(s): Danvin, Victor- Marie- Felix (1802-1842)
Scope & Content:: 'Borneo. 1. Alfouras en grand Costume; 2. Instruments de Musique'. Hand coloured engraving by Louis Gustave Thibault (fl.1836-42) after a drawing by Danvin.. Artist(s): Danvin, Victor- Marie- Felix (1802-1842)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1830
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: P3292
Title:: Floating music (Yuyin liarao). . Artist(s): Yu Qihui (b.1934)
Scope & Content:: Cartouche of a monk playing a wind instrument, superimposed onto a sheet of writing, dab-printed woodcut with water-soluble ink. Height 307mm, width 417 (image). Published in von de Burg, Christer, The Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts, Muban Foundation, London, 2003, p. 198-199 Also see Ba...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1998
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 20(28)
Title:: Devil dancers—Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of costumed dancers and musicians gathered in a courtyard in the dzong at Tongsa. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 439), with the following caption: 'A group of masked dancers—Tongsa-Jo...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 20(40)
Title:: The Tongsa Penlop's medical attendant, a Lama from one of the Lhasa monasteries [Tongsa, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait in the open air, striking an attitude with drum and blowing a pipe made from a bone. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 448), with the following caption: 'An old lama, known as the Lhasa doctor. He was ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1905
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 70(4)
Title:: Burmese Band and Performers. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Posed group of musicians and performers, with a row of theatrical masks of animals and spirits arranged on a wooden platform above the figures.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(15)
Title:: Great Bell, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the bell, with a Burmese man pointing to the inscribed surface.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

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