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1. Or 4769, f.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.27
Title:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The scene is set on a terrace with distant trees.
Scope & Content:
Siva, white and his hair loose down his back, with the moon on his head and a necklace of skulls, but jewelled and haloed, wearing a yellow ‘dhoti’ partly covered with black cloth, dancing before Parvati?, who is haloed, crowned and jewelled and seated on a portable throne beating time. The sce...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

2. Or 4770, f.32

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.32
Title:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green jama and green turban, playing the rebab.
Scope & Content:
Guru Nanak, dressed in a blue long gown and a blue pointed cap, haloed, seated on a terrace with the musician Mardana dressed in a long green ‘jama’ and green turban, playing the rebab. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘. mardana. nanak shah.’ ‘32. Nanuc, the Illustrious founder of the Sect of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item