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611. Johnson 54,38

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,38
Title:
The monkey and the turtles, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The monkey and the turtles. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 213 by 122 mm; page 216 by 130 mm. A monkey is up a tree dropping figs into the water as two turtles swim towards him in a river. From the story of the turtle who sought the friendship of a monkey (Eastwick (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

612. Johnson 54,39

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,39
Title:
The painter's slave overhears an assignation, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The painter’s slave. Panel of nine lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 232 by 129 mm; page 303 by 190 mm. The painter’s slave overhears a conversation where his master arranges with a merchant’s wife that he will wear a black and white shawl when visiting her (Eastwick (1854), chapter II...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

613. Johnson 54,40

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,40
Title:
The farmer and his wife, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The farmer and his wife. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Anvar-i suhaili kharid hasht rupiya batarikh-i dahum-i shahr-i m[uharram] dakhil-i kitabkhanah shu’d.’ Sarkar-i nawab sahib mumtaz al-daula mufakhir al-mulk husam jang mistar richard jansan sahib bahadur dam iqbaluhu’ ([this] ‘Anvar-i S...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

614. Johnson 54,41

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,41
Title:
The elephant and the moon's reflection , from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The elephant and the moon’s reflection. Panel of one line of text; overpainted and rebacked. 220 by 113 mm; page 222 by 122 mm. An elephant is bending down to touch the moon’s reflection in the water. Three other elephants look on. From the story of the clever hare who scared the king of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

615. Johnson 54,42

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,42
Title:
The holy man and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The holy man and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 231 by 125 mm; page 302 by 193 mm. A holy man is seated on a terrace with a woman; a servant approaches with a dish. From the story of the holy man who prays for the mouse, dropped at his feet by a kite, to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

616. Johnson 54,43

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,43
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 199 by 129 mm; page 200 by 131 mm. A buck is talking to a crow in a tree, as a tortoise dives into water and a mouse runs down a hole. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who became frien...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

617. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

618. Johnson 54,45

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,45
Title:
The ox Shanzabah being pulled from the marsh, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The ox Shanzabah. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 196 by 122 mm; page 285 by 142 mm. A group of merchants are trying to pull an ox out of a marsh; four baggage oxen in foreground. From the story of the ox, Shanzabah (Eastwick (1854), chapter I, story IV, 84; IO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

619. Johnson 54,46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,46
Title:
The rat and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The rat and the cat. Panel of nine lines of text; slightly overpainted and rebacked. 222 by 120 mm; page 300 by 188 mm. A cat is seen in a landscape with a small temple by a pond with two ducks swimming in the foreground. From the story of the rat who makes friends with a cat (Eastwick (1854...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

620. Johnson 56,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,21
Title:
A prince in a pavilion with attendant courtiers
Scope & Content:
A court scene. The prince sits on a carpet, left, under a sort of pavilion with blue pillars, a row of five young courtiers behind him, one carrying his sword in a blue bag and another his bow. Before him is a row of five courtiers of more mature years, and on the tiled pavement in the foregro...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1530
Extent:
1 Item