Ghumar Dance. Artist(s): Shukla, Yagnesh K. (1907-1986)
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‘Ghumar Dance,’ two girls holding hands and swinging round each other By Y.K. Shukla. Gouache. Note: Yagnesh K. Shukla (1907-86) was born in Porbandar in Gujarat, and trained at the Bombay School of Art. He studied in Rome on a scholarship from the Italian government in 1938, particularly mu...
‘Garba Dance’, girls dancing in a circle and crossing sticks. By G.H. Nagarkar. Water-colour. Note: Nagarkar’s painting ‘Meditation’ is in the collections of the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. He also executed murals in the Secretariat, New Delhi.
Two mendicants ‘(suthra shahi)’ begging alms from a grain seller who is seated in his shop. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains probably at Lahore or Amritsar, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 7.5 by 9.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Ar...
Officials and tents. Inscribed on picture in Tibetan and English, with no separate explanatory text: ‘1. An Englishman. A missionary.’ ‘2. Lha-sahi-ka-blon’ [bkah-blon]’ Minister, one of four, who assisted the Regent.’ ‘3. rgya-nag-am-pa’ [am-ban] ‘Chinese Residents, or political officers....
Two bearded Vaisnava associates of Chaitanya - Advaita and Keshav Bharati - in a trance-like dance.
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A painting illustrating a religious subject. Two bearded Vaisnava associates of Caitanya ~ Advaita and Kesav Bharati in a trance-like dance. By a patua, Kalighat, c.1885. Inscribed in Bengali characters on front: ‘Advatita Mahaprabhu’ (Advaita, Mahaprabhu); on mount in pencil: ‘Adayta Mahapra...
A young prince seated with a river scene in the distance
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A young Mughal prince is seated against a gold cushion. There is a river scene in the distance with a boat appearing from the right. Mughal, c.1630. Gouache with gold. 151 by 89 mm.
An ascetic, his hair coiled upon his head, is seated on a deer-skin in a rocky landsape, holding a religious text in his right hand. A stream issues from a lion-head gargoyle on the left, a town is in the distance. Mughal, c.1630. Tinted drawing, with contemporary extensi...