Reverse: a blue and white dish and vase from which grows a plant with large orange fruits is inscribed with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses, and the Persian identification.
Christ with angels. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘varaq’ ...’ 2’ (page ... 2). Brush drawing with some gold; mounted with another drawing on an album leaf with three borders of gilt floral decoration ...
Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur (d.1748). Oudh, c.1770-80, traced from an earlier Mughal version. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian characters: ‘tasvir-i nawab ‘Itimad ud-daula bahadur’ ... (a likeness of Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur ... ). ‘Charba...
Mirza Shah Rukh. Artist(s): Miskin Muhammad (fl.c.1775-80)
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Mirza Shah Rukh (d.1607). By Miskin Muhammad, Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian characters; ‘mirza shah rukh amal-i miskin muhammad’ (Mirza Shah Rukh, the work of Miskin Muhammad); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; unco...
Mounted prince with two attendants, one with a hawk, the other with fruit and a bottle
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Miniature painting: mounted prince and two attendants, one holding his hawk and the other a dish of fruit and a bottle. In the foreground a horse and a mule. Plain background. Two couplets of verse in the upper part of the miniature. The prince's face has been retouched in India. Some flaki...
Reverse: eight yellow birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Reverse: Harivallabha’s Hindi verses are written on the near and far walls of a building near a lotus lake; the Persian identification is written on the wall of a central water-pavilion.
Vamana avatar (the Dwarf). 149 by 99 mm. Visnu in his dwarf form asks Bali for the boon of as much land as he can step over in three strides; Bali pours water over his hands. Sumitra, the officiating priest, stands on the right and Prahlada is on the left.
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). 157 by 98 mm. Rama is in combat with the thousand-armed Kartavirya. Renuka sits above near her wounded husband Jamadagni and Surabhi, the cow of plenty.
Reverse: a lotus tank is surrounded by parterres of flowers, with eight formalised turtles swimming in the water with Harivallabha’s verses written on their bodies: the Persian identification is written on an enlarged lotus flower in the centre .