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1. Add Or 21

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Add Or 21
Title:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers
Scope & Content:
Barbad the minstrel, invisible in a tree, playing music to Khusraw and his courtiers, two of whom offer cups of wine. The miniature is numbered '14' in the outer margin. 12.5 by 12 cm. (ex Monif Collection, New York). Purchased, July 1953. For other miniatures detached from the same manuscr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 23

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Add Or 23
Title:
Majnun in the wilderness
Scope & Content:
Majnun in the wilderness. Oudh, c.1770-80. Purchased from Thakur J. Seesodia, November 1931. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with a wide margin of carnations in gold on a plain background. 227 by 158 mm; page 477 by 315 mm. Reverse: a quatrain in praise of God, written in ‘nasta‘liq’ ca...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 210

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Add Or 210
Title:
The murder of Siyawush
Scope & Content:
The murder of Siyawush. A trifle rubbed and discoloured. A variegated rocky landscape with the central group in the lower foreground; spectators in the upper part of the miniature have cast their crowns to the ground and make gestures of grief and dismay. 13 by 12 cm. (Sotheby's, 16.v.1955, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 2789

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Add Or 2789
Title:
Layla repulsing the advances of her husband Ibn Salam. Artist(s): Sadiq, style of
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: Layla repulsing the advances of her husband Ibn Salam. The couple are seated on a carpet with stone balustrade behind; a maid brings a dish of refreshments. Foreground, grass with two glass decanters and a tumbler on a tray. Style of Sadiq. Late eighteenth century. 13 b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1800
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 2829

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Add Or 2829
Title:
Laila and Majnun
Scope & Content:
Laila and Majnun. Inscribed beneath: ‘Leilee & Mujnoon.’ 159 by 94 mm; page 250 by 183 mm. Laila visits Majnun on a terrace. Her camel is on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 2864

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Add Or 2864
Title:
Man begging forgiveness of a princess
Scope & Content:
A man begging forgiveness. Mughal, c.1790. Formerly Album 70, no.72; acquired 21 April 1915. Inscribed beneath: ‘Chundar’ ... ‘and Meyar’ (?). Gouache; unfinished; uncoloured border. 210 by 150 mm; page 253 by 197 mm. In a landscape a man prostrates himself before a princess and her retinu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 2865

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Add Or 2865
Title:
The tryst; a lady swimming to meet her lover
Scope & Content:
The tryst. Delhi, c.1900. Formerly Album 70, no.62; acquired 21 April 1915. Gouache with gold; lilac border. 223 by 151 mm; page 266 by 185 mm. A lady is fording a river at night to meet her lover who waits on the opposite bank on horseback. There are peacocks in the tree above and lightni...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 3846

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Add Or 3846
Title:
A prince at a well being given water by a girl
Scope & Content:
A prince at a well. Hyderabad, c.1780. Presented by Michael Archer, December 1975. Inscribed on the reverse by Col. Gayer-Anderson: to ‘my valued Friend ‘W.G.’ in recognition of his many kindnesses and of his acumen in the ‘Bargain Basement’ from T.G.G.- A. 7.12.53’; collection number ‘GA P....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 3907

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Add Or 3907
Title:
Laila and Majnun in the desert. Artist(s): Mahamed Huseen (fl.1910s)
Scope & Content:
Laila and Majnun in the desert, c.1914. Inscribed on back of original mount in ink: ‘The subject Laila and Majnun by Mahamed Huseen. The Property of Percy Brown Esq. c/o Messrs Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament Street, Westminster, London S.W.1.’ Water-colour; 267 by 178 mm. Presented by Mm...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1914
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4685

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Add Or 4685
Title:
One of two illustrated pages from a dispersed manuscript of the Khamsa of Amir Khusraw of Delhi: The wayfarer and the sage who controls his tongue.
Scope & Content:
The wayfarer and the sage who controls his tongue, the traveller kneeling talking to the nimbate sage seated on the other side of a flowering plant. Two other plants at edges and curtain swags above complete the composition. A solid red background. Ink, and opaque water-colour on paper; size ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1450
Extent:
1 Item