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471. Johnson 37,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,4
Title:
Gujari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Gujari Ragini. Krishna intercepts a girl carrying a pot upon her head as she is about to leave the courtyard through an open door. The window alcove has cushions laid out and there are goldfish in a fountain pool. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVIII, fig.E.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

472. Johnson 37,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,5
Title:
Bhairava Raga
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava dressed in a yellow ‘dhoti’ and green mantle is rubbed with sandal paste by his consort. Two girl musicians play a ‘tambur’ and drum and one of two attendant maids prepares sandal paste in the foreground under a full moon in a cloudy sky. Reproduced: Stchoukine (1929),...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

473. Johnson 37,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,8
Title:
Lalita Ragini
Scope & Content:
Lalita Ragini. A prince holding two garlands walks down steps into a garden, leaving his lady sleeping on a bed under a crescent moon. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.XXXVI, fig.A.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

474. Johnson 45,1-6, 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,1-6, 8
Title:
J.45,1-6, 8 Seven ‘ragamala’ illustrations. By Ram Sahai, Bahadur Singh and Mul Chand, Faizabad, c.1760-70. Purchased 1907. Published: Waldschmidt (19 ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,1-6, 8 Seven ‘ragamala’ illustrations. By Ram Sahai, Bahadur Singh and Mul Chand, Faizabad, c.1760-70. Purchased 1907. Published: Waldschmidt (1962), 179-85; Waldschmidt (1975), 542, no.33. Note: The compositions of some of the pictures in this incomplete ‘ragamala’ appear again in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
7 items

475. Johnson 46,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,7
Title:
Rama avatar
Scope & Content:
Rama avatar (Ramachandra). 160 by 103 mm. Rama and Lakshmana are in combat with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Hanuman is about to drop a boulder from above. At the top Sita is visited by Hanuman during her imprisonment.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

476. Johnson 46,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,8
Title:
Krishna avatar
Scope & Content:
Krishna avatar. 153 by 96 mm. Vasudeva bears his infant son Krishna across the Jumna to the foster-mother Yasoda, as a serpent and lion rise in adoration on either side. Devaki is on the right with the substituted baby; Yasoda waits with a companion on the other side of the river; Brahma pres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

477. Johnson 35,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,12
Title:
Lalita Ragini
Scope & Content:
Lalita Ragini. A princely lover holds two garlands, leaving his mistress asleep on a bed beneath a night sky. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘rag lalit’ and the time of day appropriate (first watch of the morning); (2) Persian:’ lalit’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag hindol ki ragini lalita pa[n]chahi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

478. Johnson 35,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,19
Title:
Vihagra Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vihagra Ragini. The lover mounted on a caparisoned elephant, holds hands with his lady who sits at a window before a starlit sky. Chains on the elephant’s feet suggest it has been a ‘must’ elephant. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘kedara’ crossed out and replaced by ‘rag vihagra’ with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

479. Johnson 35,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35,21
Title:
Khambhavati Ragini
Scope & Content:
Khambhavati Ragini. A girl kneels in worship before Brahma in a courtyard beneath a night sky. Inscriptions on reverse: (1) Persian: ‘khambhach’ and the time of day appropriate; (2) Persian: ‘vihagra’; (3) Hindi: ‘rag dipak ki ragini vihagra’; (4) Hindi ‘kabita’ describing Narad with his ‘vina...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1775
Extent:
1 Item

480. Johnson 36,19v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,19v
Title:
Floral panels
Scope & Content:
Reverse: a page of floral panels with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses interspersed; the Persian identification is inscribed on a white flower in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item