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371. Add Or 5331

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Add Or 5331
Title:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Scope & Content:
Burmese cloth painting from the funeral carriage of a Phoongyi
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

372. Add Or 5340, f.15

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Add Or 5340, f.15
Title:
A procession leading a mounted bridegroom through a village. From an album of Dhurandhar's water-colours.. Artist(s): Dhurandhar, Mahadev Visvanath (1867-1944)
Scope & Content:
A procession leading a mounted bridegroom through a village. Inscribed below: ‘The bridegroom.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1899
Extent:
1 Item

373. Add Or 5368

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Add Or 5368
Title:
Burmese funeral car for a monk.
Scope & Content:
Funeral car for a Burmese monk (‘phongi’). Inscribed ‘Enclosure and catafalque in which a Phungi is placed to be burnt. Hearse in car in which a Phungi is carried to the burning place.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

374. Add Or 5368v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5368v
Title:
Burmese funeral cars for lay persons.
Scope & Content:
Two round funeral cars for Burmese lay people. Inscribed: ‘Lay catafalque and coffin.’ Note: The receptacle for the monk’s body is the quadrangular black segment in the middle of the funeral car. Such ornate funeral cars denoted a person of high status, and the related ceremonies would have b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1852
Extent:
1 Item

375. Add Or 5394

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5394
Title:
The marriage of Siva and Parvati.
Scope & Content:
The marriage of Siva and Parvati. Inscribed below: ‘Paramaswera marrying the Goddess given by Mahavestoon in presence of Bramah. 30.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

376. Add Or 5465

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5465
Title:
Prince Sukhdev with his bride seated on a terrace on their wedding night.
Scope & Content:
Prince Sukhdev with his bride. A couple are seated on a terrace before a pavilion; he delicately pulls at the lady’s veil, while she bashfully resists. Garlands suggest that this is a post-wedding scene. A two-light standing girandole of blue glass lights the terrace (although it is not nigh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

377. Add Or 5468

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5468
Title:
Divinities being worshipped by the Hara clans.
Scope & Content:
Divinities being worshipped by the Hara clans. By a Rajasthan/Kotah artist, c.1800. Brush drawing with watercolour; 241 by 174 mm. Purchased 2002. Note: The deities on the left side are perhaps meant to be the triad of Krishna as Brijrajji, with two gopis, which are peculiarly associated ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

378. Add Or 5475, f.19v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.19v
Title:
An elephant bearing the royal insigina of an umbrella. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
An elephant bearing the royal insigina of an umbrella. Inscribed below: ‘The leading Elephant of the Procession with the Chattah or Umbrella , the Chief Ensign of Royalty and which no one else but the Sovereign is permitted to assume.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

379. Add Or 5475, f.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.20
Title:
'The Suwaree or Royal Procession of His late Majesty Mohumud Akber Shah…' [with Mirza Abu'l Zafar on an elephant in a procession] From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The Suwaree or Royal Procession of His late Majesty Mohumud Akber Shah…’[with the Heir Apparent Mirza Abu Zafar on an elephant in a procession] Inscribed: ‘savari Akbar Shah Badshah ghazi.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

380. Add Or 5475, f.20v(a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.20v(a)
Title:
'The 2nd Elephant of the Procession, bearing the Royal Standard …' From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
‘The 2nd Elephant of the Procession, bearing the Royal Standard …’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

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