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1. 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

2. Johnson 27,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,12
Title:
Nushirvan and his vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Nushirwan and his vizier listening to the owls in the ruined village: an illustration to the ‘Makhzan al-Asrar’ of Nizami. The style is close to that of Muhammadi, much simplified. Some flaking away of colour on the hindquarters of Nushirwan's horse and the face of his umbr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 27,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,19
Title:
The jackals watch the dismounted camel-rider, from an 'Iyar-i Danish ms.
Scope & Content:
An illustration from the ‘‘Iyar-i Danish.’ Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold and plain borders. 180 by 118 mm; page 346 by 215 mm. A man dismounted from his camel kneels at the foot...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 27,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,13
Title:
Old man entering a mosque where is a preacher with his congregation
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: an old man entering a mosque where is a preacher with his congregation; an illustration to the ‘Gulistan’ of Sa‘di. Gold background. The sides of the minbar are decorated with designs in rectangles executed in faint relief with very thick paint. Fine work: some of the face...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 27,17

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,17
Title:
A discussion between learned men before a portico. Artist(s): Muhammadi (fl.c.1575)
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing: a learned discussion between six men in front of portico. Attribution to Muhammadi. Khurasan style: c.1575. 18 by 11.5 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Double frame of illumination and verses incorporating an attribution of the drawing to Muhammadi and of the writing to Muhyi. Plain...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

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