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Subject Ascetics

41. Add Or 993

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Add Or 993
Title:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand.
Scope & Content:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand. Inscribed: ‘Fakir.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

42. Add Or 994

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 994
Title:
Muslim ascetic.
Scope & Content:
Muslim ascetic. Inscribed: ‘Derveish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

43. Add Or 997

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 997
Title:
Muslim ascetic
Scope & Content:
Muslim ascetic. Inscribed: ‘Derveish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

44. Add Or 1014

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1014
Title:
Saiva ascetic (urddhvabahu) seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks
Scope & Content:
Shaiva ascetic with raised arms and long nails ‘(urddhvabahu)’ seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks. Inscribed: ‘Native beggar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

45. Add Or 1030

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1030
Title:
Two Vaisnava ascetics, an urddhvabahu and a bairagi
Scope & Content:
Two Vaishnava ascetics; one with arm upraised ‘(urddhvabahu),’ one carrying a bowl of fire ‘(bairagi).’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

46. Add Or 1037

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1037
Title:
Kanphat yogis
Scope & Content:
Kanphat yogis. Mughal, c.1740. Presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘From Dr Flemming’; numbered ‘15’ on reverse. Gouache; mounted with yellow border. 58 by 88 mm; page 202 by 142 mm. Three kanphat yogis sit round a fire at night. Trees spread above them, and a pavilion ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

47. Add Or 1038

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1038
Title:
Four women paying a visit to an ascetic
Scope & Content:
A visit to an ascetic. Mughal, c.1740. Presented by Dr John Fleming, c.1814. Inscribed above: ‘From Dr Fleming’ (repeated on reverse); on reverse in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i dal chand’ (the work of Dal Chand); numbered ‘14’. Gouache; mauve border. 107 by 145 mm; page 146 by 187 mm. Rev...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

48. Add Or 1047

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1047
Title:
A hermit with a lion
Scope & Content:
A hermit with a lion. Mughal, c.1700. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Sheik Selim Chisti in his hermitage brought to light by taming a lion. He first was a favourite of Akber and then killed his own son pretending to transfer his life to Jehangir so that this prince might have a son’; in Persian chara...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

49. Add Or 1082

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1082
Title:
A young dervish
Scope & Content:
A young dervish. Mughal, c.1760-80. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Tan Sen a famous Hindu musician in the time of Vikrama of Ujayana’; numbered ‘18’. Drawing with wash; ruled borders; outer border of grey paper. 109 by 78 mm; page 224 by 160 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1917), facing p.422. A boy dervis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1780
Extent:
1 Item

50. Add Or 1085

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1085
Title:
A religious mendicant
Scope & Content:
A religious mendicant. Mughal, c.1760-80. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Baira sal a Raja of Nagor near Jodpur. He became a religious mendicant about 100 years ago’; in Persian: ‘raja baira sal’; numbered ‘25.’ Drawing with gouache; border of grey paper. 122 by 80 mm; page 222 by 156 mm. A mendica...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1780
Extent:
1 Item

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