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Add Or 2871-2965

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032-003272230

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Add Or 2871-2965

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Add.Or.2871-2965 Ninety-five scenes from the ‘Bhagavata Purana’ and other popular and religious themes. Khandesh, Mewar style, c.1780. Formerly Albums ...

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Add.Or.2871-2965

Ninety-five scenes from the ‘Bhagavata Purana’ and other popular and religious themes.

Khandesh, Mewar style, c.1780.

Formerly Albums 72 and 73.

Purchased 28 March 1925.

Gouache with gold; laid down on card leaves of two volumes and uniformly bound in scoured brown leather with gilt lettering.

Page 400 by 290 mm.

Note: These two albums bear the bookplate of Sir Henry Evan Murchison James, K.C.I.E. (1846-1923) who was in India from 1865 until his retirement in 1900. He was posted during his career to Bombay, Bengal, Ahmedabad and Sind. The gilt inscription on the covers of the albums reads ‘Pictures of Hindoo Mythology from the Fort of Parola Khandesh,’ and it can be assumed that James acquired the pictures at Parola (East Khandesh, Bombay).

The style of the miniatures is quite uniform, and is almost identical to the style current at Udaipur during the second half of the eighteenth century. Furthermore the pigments used are characteristic of Udaipur painting. Two of the pictures differ in that they are executed in a debased or folk version of the style (Add.Or.2890 and 2912) but the majority are distinguished by their simplification, for in most cases only the bare essentials of each subject have been depicted. The other notable feature is a slight Deccani flavour that is distinguishable in some of the more popular subjects ‘(eg’ Add.Or.2886 and 2894). In the seventeenth century the Udaipur style had been linked with painting at Aurangabad, and the geographical position of Khandesh between Udaipur and Aurangabad could therefore be significant. Thus, although the fact that the pictures were obtained at Parola should not alone be taken as proof of origin, the pictures can be attributed to the presence, perhaps temporarily, of the Udaipur tradition in Khandesh.

The illustrations are mostly the more popular scenes from the ‘Bhagavata Purana,’ telling the story of Krishna and his love-match with Radha. Others are of a devotional nature, depicting Siva and the incarnations of Visnu, while subjects of a more general nature are in the minority.

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Visual Arts

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"orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272268", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2908: Varaha avatar (the boar)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272269", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2909: Krishna and Radha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272270", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2910: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272271", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2911: Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272272", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2912: A nautch" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272273", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2913: Visnu" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272274", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2914: Two camels fighting with their necks intertwined" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : 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2929: Hide-and seek" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272290", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2930: A storm" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272291", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2931: Krishna and gopis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272292", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2932: Radha and Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272293", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2933: Radha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272294", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2934: Krishna as Visnu" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272295", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2935: Radha and Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272296", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2936: A yogini" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272297", 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Devi kills Mahishasura" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272305", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2945: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272306", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2946: Krishna kills the ass demon" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272307", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2947: Radha and Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272308", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2948: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272309", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2949: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272310", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2950: Kurma avatar ( the tortoise)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272311", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2951: A ruler riding a stallion" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272312", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2952: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272313", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2953: A courtier" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272314", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2954: Krishna and the gopis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272315", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2955: Krishna dances on Kaliya's head" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272316", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2956: Siva and Parvati" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272317", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2957: Gopis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272318", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2958: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272319", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2959: Visnu and Laksmi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272320", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2960: A tiger hunt" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272321", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2961: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272322", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2962: Radha and Krishna playing Chaupar on a terrace" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272323", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2963: Visnu and Siva" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272324", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2964: Gajendra-moksa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003272325", "parent" : "032-003272230", "text" : "Add Or 2965: Krishna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Add Or 2871 : Visnu and Laksmi
Add Or 2872 : Radha and Krishna
Add Or 2873 : Radha
Add Or 2874 : A girl and Krishna
Add Or 2875 : A lady at a shrine
Add Or 2876 : Krishna
Add Or 2877 : Krishna
Add Or 2878 : Radha and Krishna in a swing
Add Or 2879 : Radha and Krishna
Add Or 2880 : A tiger hunt
Add Or 2881 : Radha and Krishna
Add Or 2882 : The child Krishna and Brahma
Add Or 2883 : Radha and Krishna
Add Or 2884 : Krishna and gopis
Add Or 2885 : Krishna kills the crane demon Bakasura
Add Or 2886 : A tiger hunt
Add Or 2887 : Vamana avatar (the dwarf)
Add Or 2888 : Two black bucks fighting
Add Or 2889 : Yashoda and Krishna
Add Or 2890 : Laksmi
Add Or 2891 : Two stallions fighting
Add Or 2892 : Rama avatar
Add Or 2893 : The forest fire
Add Or 2894 : Chand Bibi hawking
Add Or 2895 : Krishna and gopis
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1779

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1781

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