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31. Johnson 7,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,4
Title:
Sufi dervishes exercising in a garden
Scope & Content:
Sufi dervishes exercising in a garden. Mughal, c.1650-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 49 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with colour and gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 210 by 106 mm; page 415 by 298 mm. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1650-1660
Extent:
1 Item

32. Johnson 27,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,14
Title:
Young prince visiting a hermit in a rocky cave
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a young prince visiting a hermit in a rocky cave. Two of the prince's attendants are seated in the foreground, a jug and basin between them. This may be the same hand as Nushirwan and the owls (J.27, 12). Khurasan style: c.1575. 14.5 by 6.5 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

33. Johnson 45,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,12
Title:
A girl and an ascetic
Scope & Content:
A girl and ascetic. 62 by 134 mm. A girl offers food to a wandering ascetic, a man is seated in a pavilion on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

34. Johnson 6,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 6,9
Title:
Young man visiting two hermits. Artist(s): Muhammad Qasim (fl.c.1650) style of
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a young man visiting two hermits in a rocky landscape. Style of Muhammad Yusuf. This is a very fine drawing and might be by Muhammad Yusuf himself. Isfahan style: mid seventeenth century. 15.5 by 10 cm (page 41.5 by 29.5 cm). Decorated frame of gold scrolls on dark blue: gol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

35. Johnson 7,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 7,6
Title:
Mulla Shah in conversation
Scope & Content:
Mulla Shah in conversation. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 42 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 147 by 108 mm; page 413 by 294 mm. The mulla is seated with two other m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

36. Johnson 22,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,15
Title:
A party of Kanphat yogis resting round a fire
Scope & Content:
A party of kanphat yogis. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in left foreground in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas‘ud’.’ sunnah 101’2 (the work of Masud, year AH1012/AD1603-1604); on reverse: ‘majlis-i kanphatha’ (an assembly of ‘kanphats).’ Tinted drawing with gold;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

37. Johnson 45,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,10
Title:
Girls and a sadhu
Scope & Content:
Girls and a ‘sadhu’. 62 by 132 mm. Two girls receive a ‘sadhu’ in a landscape; the girl seated on the left is dressed in a leaf skirt.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

38. Johnson 22,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,8
Title:
A seated dervish. Artist(s): Riza-i 'Abbasi (fl. 1625-1630)
Scope & Content:
Drawing: seated dervish. Signature of Riza-i ‘Abbasi. Plain background with plants and clouds in gold. This is a fine drawing and might well be from the master's hand. Isfahan style: c.1625-30. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 32 by 22.5 cm). Gold-flecked plain triple frame and margins. ‘VAM 1951’ No. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1625-1630
Extent:
1 Item

39. Johnson 45,26

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,26
Title:
A king and a sadhu
Scope & Content:
A king and a ‘sadhu’. 85 by 156 mm. A king receives a ‘sadhu’ in a courtyard; four musicians play on the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

40. Johnson 6,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 6,10
Title:
A dervish seated in a landscape, the foreground coloured in at a later date.
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a dervish seated in a landscape, the foreground coloured in at a later date. Good quality drawing with very angular drapery. Isfahan style: c.1630. 15.5 by 8.5 cm (page 41.5 by 29.5 cm). Decorated frame of gold scrolls on dark blue; gold flecked margins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1630
Extent:
1 Item