A white monkey with a black mouth, feet, and paws, addressing a large stork-like bird with a brown neck.
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A white monkey with black mouth, feet and paws, its skin spotted with black dots, holding a fruit and addressing a large stork-like bird with brown neck, black body and brown and white plumage. Below, a brown Santal-like figure in striped drawers holding out a brown bag or basket and addressing...
A large yellow tiger, black-spotted except for stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
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A large yellow ‘tiger’, black-spotted except for black stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock. Reproduced: M. Archer (1967), p.81. Note: The ‘tiger’ is here regarded as Baghut bonga (see Introduction to printed catalogue). For the Shahabad cult of Baghaut (a man w...
A tiger with a pigeon pecking at its open mouth; above, a palmette.. Artist(s): Chedi Mali (fl.1938) family of
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A tiger with a pigeon pecking at its open mouth; above, a palmette. Note: As in other examples of village art tigers are frequently shown with leopard’s spots rather than with stripes.
Bird-catcher carrying bamboo sticks, bird lime and a bag, with baby birds (storks?) peeping out of the bag. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s) studio of
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Bird-catcher carrying bamboo sticks, bird lime and a bag, with baby birds (storks?) peeping out of the bag. A landscape in the background with a bird catcher crouching beneath a tree. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Cherreman’; and numbered: ‘25.’ 269 by 211 mm.
Spotted Owlet. Inscribed on front in nagari characters: ‘ulu’ (owl). Water-colour; 228 by 159 mm. Note: Exhibited Arts Council, London, 1967-69, see M. Archer ‘Indian miniatures and folk paintings,’ London, 1967, no.50.