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1. Johnson 8,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 8,1
Title:
Prince watching bathers in a tank with numerous spectators of both sexes
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece to the poems of Sa‘di. Prince watching bathers in a tank, with numerous spectators of both sexes. Shiraz style, about c.1575. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 38.5 by 23.5 cm). The miniature is set in a splendid page of early sixteenth-centur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 10,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,9
Title:
Laila visiting Majnun
Scope & Content:
Laila visiting Majnun. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and pink margin. 200 by 125 mm; page 376 by 250 mm. Reverse: six lines of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy, signed (damaged): ‘Muhammad al-Sa‘i ...’; 18th century. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 15,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,5
Title:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval
Scope & Content:
Sohni swimming to Mahinval. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 45 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with border and margin in shades of brown and pink. 235 by 156 mm; page 441 by 294 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 15,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 15,7
Title:
Night scene at a forest dwelling. Artist(s): Aqil Khan (fl. 1760)
Scope & Content:
Night scene at a forest dwelling. By ‘Aqil Khan, Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Signed above doorway in Persian: ‘‘amal-i ‘aqil khan’ (the work of ‘Aqil Khan); inscribed incorrectly on border beneath: ‘amal-i muhammad faqirullah khan’ (the work of Muhammad Faqiru...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 22,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 22,9
Title:
Bearded man riding an emaciated horse
Scope & Content:
Drawing of a bearded man riding an emaciated horse. Qazwin style; mid sixteenth century. 15.5 by 9 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Paper slightly stained. On reverse, ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Nasr al-Din ‘Ali, with illuminated upper corner. Margins decorated with arabesque medallions and floral ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1550
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 27,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,5
Title:
Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Yusuf enthroned among Zulaykha's ladies. Yusuf's head and some of the ladies' faces have been retouched in India. The scene is in a garden with ornamental pool and runnels divided from a golden hillside by a scarlet fence. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 28,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,5
Title:
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 28,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,8
Title:
Captive robbers before the King, with the Vizier interceding for the youngest
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting illustrating the ‘Gulistan’ of Sa‘di: captive robbers before the King, and the Vizier interceding for the youngest member of the gang. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 19 by 11.5 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Illuminated frame and two rectangular panels at the top...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 53,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,4
Title:
The peasant and the ass, from the 'Iyar-i Danish.
Scope & Content:
The peasant and the ass. No text on reverse. 171 by 107 mm; page 325 by 202 mm. A peasant holds a knife and the ears of an ass which has entered his cornfield. From the story of the ass who sought to recover his lost tail but who lost his ears also (Eastwick (1854), chapter II, story 11, 193...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item