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91. Johnson 54,33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,33
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. 112 by 95 mm; page 321 by 208 mm. A mouse frees an antelope from a net. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who become friends with a deer, cf.’ nos.’28 and 43 (Eastwick (1854), chapter III, story VI, 293; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.117r). Note: T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

92. Johnson 54,34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,34
Title:
A rat and a snake, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A rat and a snake. 104 by 104 mm; page 321 by 207 mm. A rat or mouse attacks a snake which in turn is biting another rat which is disappearing into a hole at the root of a tree (story unidentified). Note: Probably intended for I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403. Like no.33 it is mounted on twentieth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

93. Johnson 54,35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,35
Title:
Three tortoises, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
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Three tortoises. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 221 by 125 mm; page 286 by 140 mm. Three tortoises are swimming in the water below a bank. From the story of the tortoise and her companion despatching a messenger to her husband asking him to return as she is sick (Eas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

94. Johnson 54,36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,36
Title:
The monkey and the turtle, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The monkey and the turtle. Two lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 212 by 114 mm; page 218 by 120 mm. A monkey is up a tree throwing down figs into a stream, and a turtle is on the bank talking to him. There are ducks and fishes in the water. The monkey is explaining to the turtle that...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

95. Johnson 54,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,37
Title:
The buck and the doe, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The buck and does. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked - in repainting the story seems to have become muddled and no partridge is shown in the hole. 230 by 128 mm; page 288 by 140 mm. A buck and two does are under a tree, a hawk is perched on a rock, and two jackals(...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

96. Johnson 54,38

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,38
Title:
The monkey and the turtles, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The monkey and the turtles. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 213 by 122 mm; page 216 by 130 mm. A monkey is up a tree dropping figs into the water as two turtles swim towards him in a river. From the story of the turtle who sought the friendship of a monkey (Eastwick (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

97. Johnson 54,39

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,39
Title:
The painter's slave overhears an assignation, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The painter’s slave. Panel of nine lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 232 by 129 mm; page 303 by 190 mm. The painter’s slave overhears a conversation where his master arranges with a merchant’s wife that he will wear a black and white shawl when visiting her (Eastwick (1854), chapter II...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

98. Johnson 54,40

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,40
Title:
The farmer and his wife, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The farmer and his wife. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Anvar-i suhaili kharid hasht rupiya batarikh-i dahum-i shahr-i m[uharram] dakhil-i kitabkhanah shu’d.’ Sarkar-i nawab sahib mumtaz al-daula mufakhir al-mulk husam jang mistar richard jansan sahib bahadur dam iqbaluhu’ ([this] ‘Anvar-i S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

99. Johnson 54,41

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,41
Title:
The elephant and the moon's reflection , from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The elephant and the moon’s reflection. Panel of one line of text; overpainted and rebacked. 220 by 113 mm; page 222 by 122 mm. An elephant is bending down to touch the moon’s reflection in the water. Three other elephants look on. From the story of the clever hare who scared the king of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

100. Johnson 54,42

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,42
Title:
The holy man and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The holy man and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 231 by 125 mm; page 302 by 193 mm. A holy man is seated on a terrace with a woman; a servant approaches with a dish. From the story of the holy man who prays for the mouse, dropped at his feet by a kite, to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item