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361. Johnson 28,12

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Johnson 28,12
Title:
Young prince seated before a princess writing
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: young prince seated before a princess who writes on a paper; writing-table with blue and white porcelain ink-pot in the foreground. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 11 by 9.5 cm (page 36.5 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame; couplet of verse above and below the mi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

362. Johnson 56,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,13
Title:
Two youths duelling
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of two youths duelling. Both carry drawn swords: the one on the right has a shield in his left hand, the one on the left, a rolled-up coat. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 9 by 11.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Half-medallions of illumination at the edges and illuminated p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

363. Johnson 56,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,16
Title:
A musical entertainment in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: ‘Concert champêtre.’ That this is a Bukhara miniature is clear from the turban of the youth on the horizon and the coronets and heavy necklaces of the ladies. On the other hand the rocky horizons seem to be derived from the Qazwin/Khurasan style, and the face of the principa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

364. Johnson 64,26

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,26
Title:
Iraj Khan (?) with two attendants
Scope & Content:
Iraj Khan(?) with two attendants. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian characters: ‘Iraj Khan.’ Gouache; two gilt-decorated borders with blank area reserved above miniature. 255 by 180 mm; page 323 by 230 mm. Reverse: ‘nasta‘liq’ calligrap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

365. Johnson 67,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,13
Title:
A hunting expedition attacked by an elephant
Scope & Content:
A hunting expedition in difficulty. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; gilt-decorated and plain borders. 105 by 108 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. Reverse: six lines of ‘nasta‘li...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

366. Johnson 67,16

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,16
Title:
Elephant and its mahout
Scope & Content:
Elephant and mahout. Bijapur, c.1620. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom corner in Persian: ‘Nadir al-Zaman’ (an incorrect attribution); numbered 14 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with uncoloured background; gilt-decorated blue inner border, gilt-sprinkled o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1620
Extent:
1 Item

367. Johnson 67,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,19
Title:
Two elephants tethered beneath a thatched shelter
Scope & Content:
Two elephants. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘tasvir-i pil’ (a picture of elephants); another inscription beneath has been erased; numbered 67 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with some wash and gold; pink-tinted borders decorate...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

368. Johnson 59,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 59,7
Title:
Khwajagi Muhammad Husain
Scope & Content:
Khwajagi Muhammad Husain. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on background in Persian characters: ‘khvajagi muhammad husain’; on reverse: ‘tasvir-i shah khvajagi husain’ (portrait of Shah Khwajagi Husain); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; pap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1595
Extent:
1 Item

369. Johnson 60,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,2
Title:
The poet Hafiz
Scope & Content:
The poet Hafiz. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh Khwaja Hafiz Shiraz rahmatallah ‘laihu’ ... (a likeness of Hafiz of Shiraz, God have mercy on him). Drawing; laid down on paper. 120 by 80 mm; page 175 by 124 mm. Hafiz reads by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

370. Johnson 53,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,2
Title:
A nilgai, its insides revealed
Scope & Content:
A nilgai. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; uncoloured background. 183 by 210 mm. A nilgai stands facing right witha portion of the side cut away to reveal intestines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item