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161. Add Or 1155

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1155
Title:
Two men playing on tambourines at the Holi festival.
Scope & Content:
Two men playing on tambourines at the Holi Festival. Inscribed: ‘Hooley.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

162. Add Or 1158

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1158
Title:
A standard-bearer at the Muharram Festival
Scope & Content:
A standard-bearer at the Muharram Festival. Inscribed: ‘Standard Bearer at the Moharrum.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

163. Add Or 1522

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1522
Title:
Marriage ceremony; the bridegroom taking the bride to his house
Scope & Content:
Marriage ceremony; the bridegroom taking the bride to his house. Inscribed: ‘Goldsmith sect bridegroom taking the bride to his own house.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

164. Add Or 1542

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1542
Title:
Procession of Rao of Cutch
Scope & Content:
Procession of the Rao of Cutch. Inscribed: ‘The Rao’s Procession. retinue. Flag or Bairuk. Prepared in six days. 30th August 1856.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

165. Add Or 1664

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1664
Title:
Muslim procession
Scope & Content:
Muslim procession ‘to ward off sudden misfortune’; on right, a portable pulpit.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850-1860
Extent:
1 Item

166. Add Or 1873

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1873
Title:
Muharram festival figure; Buraq with a ta'ziyah on its back.
Scope & Content:
Muharram festival figure; Buraq with a ‘ta’ziyah’ on its back. Note: Buraq was the winged human-headed horse that carried Muhammad to Paradise. The ‘ta’ziyahs’ which are carried in the Muharram procession are bamboo and paper constructions representing the tombs of Hasan and Husain, the grands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

167. Add Or 1907

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1907
Title:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Chaitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Keshav Bharati. Bottala, Calcutta. Artist(s): Hira Lal Karmakar (fl.1860-1870)
Scope & Content:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Caitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Kesav Bharati. Engraved in Bengali characters: ‘sri advaite prabhu. sri nityananda prabhu. sri maha prabhu. sri kesab bharati’ (names of four major Vaisnavas). ‘sri hiralal karmakarer krita’ (done by Hira Lal Karmak...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

168. Add Or 1965

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1965
Title:
Woman bathing. A lady of rank is seated on steps leading to a river; her hair is being dried by an old lady.
Scope & Content:
Woman bathing. A lady of rank is seated on steps leading down to a river; her hair is being dried by an old lady, and two other maid-servants stand behind. Another lady is coming out of the water. In the distance elephants and guards are waiting. Water-colour; 12.75 by 8.25 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

169. Add Or 1966

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1966
Title:
The Holi festival.
Scope & Content:
The Holi festival. A man, garlanded and crowned with shoes, is being carried on a reversed charpoy by a dancing and singing crowd, accompanied by drums. A broom, in place of a peacock-feather fan, is waved behind him. Some of the crowd wield swords, a man in the foreground gathers dust to thr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

170. Add Or 2490

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 2490
Title:
Temple festival scene.
Scope & Content:
Temple festival scene; deity in car pulled by ropes. By a Trichinopoly artist, c.1850. Gouache on mica; 4.25 by 6 ins. Purchased 10 December 1962.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

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