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1291. Johnson 45,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,6
Title:
Devgandhar Ragini. Artist(s): Ram Sahai (fl. 1760-1782)
Scope & Content:
Devgandhar Ragini. A grey-bearded ascetic is seated with his eyes closed on a tiger-skin. A disciple kneels before him while another stands beneath the tree on the left. By Ram Sahai, Faizabad, c.1760-70. Signed on border in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ram sahai’ (the work of Ram Sahai). Gouache with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

1292. Johnson 45,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,8
Title:
Bhairava Raga
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. A blue-skinned lord with a halo is seated on a bed with a consort who rubs him with sandal paste. Three other girls are in attendance, one of whom prepares the paste at the foot of the bed. Faizabad, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

1293. Johnson 45,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,9
Title:
A couple in pavilion
Scope & Content:
A couple in a pavilion . 65 by 132 mm. A couple embrace in a pavilion while two courtiers converse in the landscape on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

1294. Johnson 46,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,1
Title:
Matsya avatar (the fish)
Scope & Content:
Matsya avatar (the Fish) . 155 by 97 mm. Visnu emerges from the jaws of a fish holding leaves of the Vedas which he has rescued from the sea. The demon culprit Hayagriva lies stricken beneath the fish’s tail. Two Brahmins stand in adoration.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1295. Johnson 46,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,2
Title:
Kurma avatar ( the tortoise )
Scope & Content:
Kurma avatar (the Tortoise) . 149 by 101 mm. The gods and demons churn the ocean with the serpent Vasuki and Mount Mandara with Visnu seated aloft. Some of the lost items are shown recovered: Fortune, the cow of plenty, Indra’s elephant, the horse Uchchaihsravas, the tree and the bottles of n...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1296. Johnson 46,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,3
Title:
Varaha avatar ( the boar )
Scope & Content:
Varaha avatar (the Boar). 149 by 96 mm. Visnu, boar-headed, raises the earth from the waters upon his tusks, as the demon Hiranyaksha is stricken beneath him. A boar stands in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1297. Johnson 46,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,4
Title:
Narasimha avatar ( the Man-lion )
Scope & Content:
Narasimha avatar (the Man-lion). 150 by 97 mm. Visnu, lion-headed, emerges from a stone pillar to disembowel the blasphemous Hiranyakasipu. The devout Prahlada is suspended from the roof by his ankles and wrists. The queen and a Brahmin stand in adoration on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1298. Johnson 46,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,5
Title:
Vamana avatar ( the dwarf )
Scope & Content:
Vamana avatar (the Dwarf). 149 by 99 mm. Visnu in his dwarf form asks Bali for the boon of as much land as he can step over in three strides; Bali pours water over his hands. Sumitra, the officiating priest, stands on the right and Prahlada is on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1299. Johnson 46,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,6
Title:
Parasurama avatar ( Rama with the axe )
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). 157 by 98 mm. Rama is in combat with the thousand-armed Kartavirya. Renuka sits above near her wounded husband Jamadagni and Surabhi, the cow of plenty.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

1300. Johnson 46,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,7
Title:
Rama avatar
Scope & Content:
Rama avatar (Ramachandra). 160 by 103 mm. Rama and Lakshmana are in combat with Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Hanuman is about to drop a boulder from above. At the top Sita is visited by Hanuman during her imprisonment.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

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