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221. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

222. Johnson 28,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,5
Title:
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

223. Johnson 28,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,6
Title:
Young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting:young prince with his falcon in a landscape with attendant courtiers and dervishes. Green foreground, gold behind, with finely painted ‘chinar’ tree. In this miniature, the Bukhara style shows influence from the work being done at Herat by Shah Qasim and his followers. Late...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

224. Johnson 28,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,7
Title:
Mounted prince with two attendants, one with a hawk, the other with fruit and a bottle
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: mounted prince and two attendants, one holding his hawk and the other a dish of fruit and a bottle. In the foreground a horse and a mule. Plain background. Two couplets of verse in the upper part of the miniature. The prince's face has been retouched in India. Some flaki...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

225. Johnson 28,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,8
Title:
Captive robbers before the King, with the Vizier interceding for the youngest
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Gulistan’ of Sa‘di: captive robbers before the King, and the Vizier interceding for the youngest member of the gang. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 19 by 11.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Illuminated frame and two rectangular panels at the top...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

226. Johnson 28,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,9
Title:
A drunken party in a courtyard by night
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: moonlight scene in a courtyard with an ‘iwan:’ a bearded man lying asleep (drunk?) surrounded by young men with bottles and cups. In the courtyard a led horse, a man with a cresset, and a bearded man registering astonishment. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

227. Johnson 30,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30,1
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. A girl is dressed as a bhil with a leaf skirt sitting on rocks beneath a tree with snakes around her. She holds one snake in her right hand and a slender rod in her left. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Gauri Ragini.’ 156 by 116...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

228. Johnson 30,1-3, 6, 8, 9, 11-16, 19-25, 30-34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30,1-3, 6, 8, 9, 11-16, 19-25, 30-34
Title:
J.30,1-3, 6, 8, 9, 11-16, 19-25, 30-34 Twenty-four paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Ordinary system. Bikaner, c.1650. Ric ...
Scope & Content:
J.30,1-3, 6, 8, 9, 11-16, 19-25, 30-34 Twenty-four paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Ordinary system. Bikaner, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on album pages with fawn and gilt-sprinkled borders. Page 266 by 206 mm. Publis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1649-1651
Extent:
24 items

229. Johnson 30,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30,2
Title:
Setmalar Ragini
Scope & Content:
Setmalar Ragini. An ascetic with a long beard and blue skin sits on a leopard-skin holding a rosary between trees and with a doorway behind with wall-decorations representing yogis. Rain is falling. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Bhairon.’ 156 by 117 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

230. Johnson 30,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 30,3
Title:
Bangali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bangali Ragini. A male ascetic is performing ‘puja’ on the platform of a shrine with a leopard resting in the doorway behind, and a gold sun above the trees. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘Malav Ragini.’ 156 by 118 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item