A light brown saluki hound. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
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A light brown saluki hound, standing facing right. Inscribed above: ‘Chuba a Dog belonging to CWM. Gangaram delint.’. Water-colour on paper; 126 by 206 mm.
A black and white terrier. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
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A black and white terrier, facing left, within a painted black frame. Inscribed above: ‘Spring’, and below: ‘Gungaram’. Water-colour on paper; 134 by 182 mm.
A lion, facing left, and rather mangy. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
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A lion, facing left, and rather mangy. Inscribed above: ‘Lion’. Water-colour on paper; 161 by 243 mm. Note: for a wax model of this lion, also by Gangaram, see F872.
Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (Mridangam). One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
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Boar avatar of Vishnu, four-armed carrying club and deer and playing a double-ended drum (‘Mridangam’). Inscribed: ‘Kurma avataran (Vishnu)’. Note: This seems more Saiva than Vishnu. ‘Kurma’ avatar is the tortoise.
A four-armed Sita seated in the ashoka grove, while Hanuman above in a tree lets down Rama’s ring with his tail. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
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A four-armed Sita seated in the ashoka grove, while Hanuman above in a tree lets down Rama’s ring with his tail.