A large yellow tiger, black-spotted except for stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock.. Artist(s): Budeshwar Chitrakar (fl. c.1940)
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A large yellow ‘tiger’, black-spotted except for black stripes on the neck; below, a coiled up snake, a bear and a peacock. Reproduced: M. Archer (1967), p.81. Note: The ‘tiger’ is here regarded as Baghut bonga (see Introduction to printed catalogue). For the Shahabad cult of Baghaut (a man w...
A showman with a bear. Inscribed: ‘A Showman with a Bear.’ The image is framed by a black border. The image continues outside of the frame. 24.2 by 19.7cm
The bear and the gardener, from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782)
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The bear and the gardener. By Sital Das. Inscribed on mount in Persian: ‘‘amal-i sital das’ (the work of Sital Das); numbered 19 in Persian. 166 by 105 mm; page 320 by 197 mm. A bear gazes at the gardener, whom it has killed with a great stone. From the story of the friendship between a bea...