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032-003286446 Subject Reptiles

1. 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

2. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 5,24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 5,24
Title:
Visnu lying on his snake Sesa with Laksmi and other gods. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
Visnu with other gods. Attributed to Sital Das. Inscribed on the picture with description in Sanskrit in nagari characters. Drawing with water-colour on paper. 467 by 383 mm. Visnu is lying on the coils of the many-headed serpent on the water, with Laksmi kneeling beside him. Indra, Siva, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 54,15

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,15
Title:
The crab, the frog and the mongoose, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crab, the frog and the mongoose. Numbered 18 in Persian. 168 by 106 mm; page 321 by 193 mm. A mongoose devours a frog and beside lie dead fish and a dead snake. From the story of the frog who asked a crab for help in killing the snake that ate the baby frogs. The crab advises that a dea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 54,33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,33
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. 112 by 95 mm; page 321 by 208 mm. A mouse frees an antelope from a net. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who become friends with a deer, cf.’ nos.’28 and 43 (Eastwick (1854), chapter III, story VI, 293; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.117r). Note: T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
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 54,34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,34
Title:
A rat and a snake, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A rat and a snake. 104 by 104 mm; page 321 by 207 mm. A rat or mouse attacks a snake which in turn is biting another rat which is disappearing into a hole at the root of a tree (story unidentified). Note: Probably intended for I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403. Like no.33 it is mounted on twentieth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. 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

9. Johnson 54,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,14
Title:
The geese and the turtle, from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Ram Sahai (fl. 1760-1782)
Scope & Content:
The geese and the turtle. By Ram Sahai. Inscribed on mount in small writing (cf no.11) in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ram saha‘i’ (the work of Ram Sahai); numbered 16 in Persian. 165 by 106 mm; page 265 by 181 mm. Two onlookers standing outside a walled town gaze with amazement at a turtle being carri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 54,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,11
Title:
The turtle and the scorpion , from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
The turtle and the scorpion. Attributed to Sital Das. Numbered 13 in Persian. 168 by 102 mm; page 322 by 208 mm. A scorpion sits on the back of a turtle which is swimming across a stream. From the story of the turtle which carried its friend, the scorpion, across a stream, yet the scorpion ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item