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11. Add Or 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 21
Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
Scope & Content:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

12. Add Or 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 32
Title:
Dancing-girl and four musicians
Scope & Content:
Dancing-girl and four musicians. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Same boll’ (cymbal?) ‘with dancing Girl’; in Tamil: ‘taci’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1803
Extent:
1 Item

13. Add Or 62

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 62
Title:
Dancing-girls and musicians
Scope & Content:
Dancing-girls and musicians. Inscribed: ‘‘Kunchinee’ or Dancing Girls.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

14. Add Or 93

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 93
Title:
Puppet showman with two puppets
Scope & Content:
Puppet showman with two puppets. Inscribed: ‘73. Pootley Nauchaunawallah. (a Man Dancing Pupet Sho).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

15. Add Or 94

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 94
Title:
Male dancer with singer and drummer
Scope & Content:
Male dancer with singer and drummer. Inscribed: ‘74. Paworeah. (Man Dancing & Singing).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

16. Add Or 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 115
Title:
Bard or reciter of poetry, dressed in white, wearing black beads and carrying a lance
Scope & Content:
Bard or reciter of poetry, dressed in white, wearing black beads and carrying a lance. Inscribed: ‘95. Bhaut Kubbit purnawallah. (a Man Verse Reader).’ 1814 water-mark.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

17. Add Or 116

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 116
Title:
Bairagi (Vaisnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument and clappers.
Scope & Content:
‘Bairagi’ (Vaishnava devotee) wearing a loin cloth and carrying a one-stringed instrument ‘(ektara)’ and clappers ‘(khartala).’ Inscribed: ‘96. Byragey. (Beggar).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

18. Add Or 120

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 120
Title:
Seated musician playing on a drum.
Scope & Content:
Seated musician playing on a drum ‘(dholak)’ with cymbals lying beside him. Inscribed: ‘100. Hauhaur Koorook - a Kind of Music.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

19. Add Or 359

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 359
Title:
Dancing girl
Scope & Content:
Dancing girl
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item

20. Add Or 360

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 360
Title:
Dancing girl
Scope & Content:
Dancing girl
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1840
Extent:
1 Item