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1231. Johnson 7,11v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,11v
Title:
Three baits of a ghazal written in nasta'liq calligraphy on blue tinted papaer with a background of illumination, the borders decorated with gold flowers.. Artist(s): Muhammad Husain al-Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam (fl.1560-1611)
Scope & Content:
Three baits of a ghazal written in nasta'liq calligraphy on blue tinted papaer with a background of illumination, the borders decorated with gold flowers.. Artist(s): Muhammad Husain al-Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam (fl.1560-1611)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1580-1610
Extent:
1 Item

1232. Johnson 8,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,4
Title:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease, scene from the Akbar-nama
Scope & Content:
Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain border and modern extensions of grey paper. 306 by 185 mm; page 416 by 295 mm. Reproduced: Ashton (1950), no.672, pl.130; W.G. Archer (1960), pl....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

1233. Johnson 5,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,11
Title:
Procession of gods and Pandavas. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Procession of gods and Pandavas. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1234. Johnson 5,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,13
Title:
Dawn and Dusk bathing ritual. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
The dawn and dusk bathing ritual. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed with 18 lines of Sanskrit descriptions of the ritual. Drawing with water-colour on paper; edges reinforced and extended with grey paper. 346 by 330 mm; page 492 by 380 mm. Four men are standing in water at the side of a ri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1235. Johnson 5,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,14
Title:
A temple of Visnu. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
The temple of Visnu. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed at bottom in Sanskrit in nagari characters: ‘vishnu mandirasidam’ (the temple of Visnu); on reverse: an offset impression of an inscription from another picture. Drawing with water-colour on paper; grey paper extensions added. 440 by 32...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1236. Johnson 54,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,2
Title:
The kite and the hawks, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The kite and the hawks. Numbered 2 in Persian. 165 by 101 mm; page 290 by 185 mm. Two hawks in a tree. From the story of the kite who reared the young of two hawks (Eastwick (1854), introduction, story I, 52; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.25v-27r).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1237. Johnson 55,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,5
Title:
Meeting of Khusraw and Shirin in the hunting field
Scope & Content:
The meeting of Khusraw and Shirin in the hunting-field. They occupy the middle plane, whilst in the foreground two of their followers (one very uncertain in his seat) pursue the chase. The turbans were originally provided with batons, which have been painted out, and the miniature has been tri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 Item

1238. Johnson 54,27

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,27
Title:
The crow, the jackal and the wolf, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the jackal and the wolf. No text on reverse. 164 by 106 mm; page 261 by 180 mm. Jackals devour a camel, while a lion, wolf and jackal look on. From the story of the crow, jackal and wolf who persuade the simple camel to sacrifice himself for food for the injured lion (Eastwick (185...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1239. 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

1240. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item