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681. Johnson 27,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,8
Title:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling
Scope & Content:
A prince visiting a hermit at his cave dwelling. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note on slip on paper above (not numbered). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; a fragment of an illustration from a manuscript; on an ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

682. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

683. Johnson 40,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 40,3
Title:
The dance of Krishna and the gopis
Scope & Content:
The dance of Krishna and the gopis. Murshidabad, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 63 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain border; paper extensions at top and bottom. 202 by 240 mm; page 347 by 258 mm. The circular dance of K...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

684. Johnson 55,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,1
Title:
Two youths hawking in a rocky landscape
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: two youths hawking in a rocky landscape. One squats watching his hawk which has brought down a partridge, while the other holds his horse among the rocks. Isfahan style: early seventeenth century. 7.5 by 6.5 cm (page 23 by 18 cm). ‘VAM 1951’ No. 135; ‘London 1931’ No. 719 D; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1600-1625
Extent:
1 Item

685. Johnson 56,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,9
Title:
Two youths drinking, one offering the other a cup
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of two youths drinking, one offering the other a cup. Qazwin style: c.1575. 5.5 by 8.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated corner-pieces and sides: illuminated ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy at either end: margins as J.56, 16. On reverse: illuminated ruba‘i of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

686. Johnson 28,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,13
Title:
A girl seated on a morha beneath a tree
Scope & Content:
A girl seated on a morha beneath a tree. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with plain and blue borders decorated in gold with floral arabesques. 183 by 116 mm; page 361 by 240 mm. Reverse:...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

687. Johnson 28,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,18
Title:
Yusuf put ashore after bathing in the Nile
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting illustrating the ‘Yusuf u Zulaykha’ of Jami: Yusuf put ashore after bathing in the Nile; behind, a ship full of men, two of them armoured. Some flaking and rubbing: silver blackened. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 20 by 11cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). A couplet ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

688. Johnson 28,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,19
Title:
Zulaykha's women overcome by the beauty of Yusuf
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Yusuf u Zulaykha’ of Jami:: Zulaykha's ladies overcome by the beauty of Yusuf. Scene in a garden with a large ‘iwan’ against a golden hillside. Architectural details are very finely executed, and the figures livelier than usual in this sort of work. Bukhar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

689. Johnson 28,20

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,20
Title:
Zulaykha's women overcome by the beauty of Yusuf
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Yusuf u Zulaykha’ of Jami: Zulaykha's ladies overcome by the beauty of Yusuf. A smaller and more modest version of J.28, 19. Several figures and groups obviously come from the same poncifs. Bukhara style: second half of sixteenth century. 18 by11 cm (page...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

690. Johnson 56,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,10
Title:
A princess gives wine to a prince
Scope & Content:
A princess gives wine to a prince. Deccan (perhaps Aurangabad), c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with some colours and gold; face of princess redrawn; gilt-decorated blue border. 156 by 82 mm; page 238 by 168 mm. Reverse: Persian ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Abdal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item