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Johnson 16,2

Record Id:

041-003286704

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003286446

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000103

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Johnson 16,2

Title:

A Kanphat yogi

Scope & Content:

A kanphat yogi.

Mughal, c.1650.

Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.

Gouache; background retouched with the same yellow as J.16, 1; on an album leaf with stencilled chocolate border and grey paper margin.

123 by 79 mm; page 337 by 224 mm.

Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy: signed: ‘‘Abd al-Rahim’ and dated AH999/AD1590-91: decorated with drawings of six birds.

A yogi of youthful appearance with pale blue skin is seated holding a staff and a ladle, a pot before him. He is wearing a red turban and brown cloak, black earrings and a horn suspended about the neck; yellow backgound.

Note: A picture of a yogini with a similar horn suspended from the neck is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, I.S.339-1951. For ‘kanphat’ yogis’, see’ J.6, 11.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Johnson Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003286446
040-003286702
041-003286704

Is part of:

Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 16 : Total of 8 leaves separately mounted. The subjects are mostly single portraits, male and female, apparently selected for their…

Johnson 16,2 : A Kanphat yogi

Hierarchy:

032-003286446[0017]/040-003286702[0002]/041-003286704

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Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

Mughal style
Mughal/Shah Jahan style

Start Date:

1649

End Date:

1651

Date Range:

c 1650

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: opaque watercolour

Former Internal References:

J.16,2

Finding Aids:

Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 81

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Ascetics
Hindus
Occupations
ethnic and religious groups