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1. Johnson 54,30; Johnson 54,35-43; Johnson 54,45-46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,30; Johnson 54,35-43; Johnson 54,45-46
Title:
J.54,30; J.54,35-43; J.54,45-46 Twelve illustrations to the book of fables ‘‘Iyar-i Danish.’ Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 18 ...
Scope & Content:
J.54,30; J.54,35-43; J.54,45-46 Twelve illustrations to the book of fables ‘‘Iyar-i Danish.’ Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache, some with gold; leaves rebacked with paper, obscuring any text on the reverse; in all but one case text, written in a neat cursive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1599-1601
Extent:
12 items

2. Johnson 54,35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,35
Title:
Three tortoises, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
Three tortoises. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 221 by 125 mm; page 286 by 140 mm. Three tortoises are swimming in the water below a bank. From the story of the tortoise and her companion despatching a messenger to her husband asking him to return as she is sick (Eas...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Johnson 54,30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,30
Title:
The fowler and the pigeons, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The fowler and the pigeons. Portions of two or more illustrations joined together and overpainted; text on reverse covered by backing sheet. 258 by 126 mm; page 301 by 195 mm. Reverse: a piece of paper with Persian inscription including the date AH678/AD1279-80 and a reference to the celebrat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 54,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,37
Title:
The buck and the doe, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The buck and does. Two panels with eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked - in repainting the story seems to have become muddled and no partridge is shown in the hole. 230 by 128 mm; page 288 by 140 mm. A buck and two does are under a tree, a hawk is perched on a rock, and two jackals(...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

10. 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

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