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Add Or 4136
- Record Id:
- 040-003278053
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003278044
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002110
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4136
- Title:
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A full size drawing of part of the Saddanta Jataka, painted inside of Cave 17, Ajanta.. Artist(s): Syed Ahmad (fl. 1915-1920)
- Scope & Content:
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Part of the Saddanta Jataka painted into Cave 17, Ajanta.
On the left side, Saddanta ('Six Tusked' elephant) presents a lotus flower to his concubine. On the right side, jackals, birds and other scavengers feast upon the body of a dead female elephant who killed herself.
136 x 237.5 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003278044
040-003278053 - Is part of:
- Add Or 4128-4141 : Add.Or.4128-4141 Collection of 14 full-size drawings copied from the Ajanta frescoes. By Syed Ahmad. Pen-and-ink on paper;…
Add Or 4136 : A full size drawing of part of the Saddanta Jataka, painted inside of Cave 17, Ajanta.. Artist(s): Syed Ahmad (fl. 1915-1920) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003278044[0009]/040-003278053
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 4128-4141
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 1915-1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ahmad, Syed, fl 1915-1920
- Subjects:
- Buddhist imagery
- Places:
- Ajanta, Maharashtra, India