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Johnson 22,15
- Record Id:
- 041-003286781
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000150
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171475877.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,15
- Title:
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A party of Kanphat yogis resting round a fire
- Scope & Content:
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A party of kanphat yogis.
Mughal, c.1700.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed in left foreground in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mas‘ud’.’ sunnah 101’2 (the work of Masud, year AH1012/AD1603-1604); on reverse: ‘majlis-i kanphatha’ (an assembly of ‘kanphats).’
Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with inner border of marbled paper and an outer border of leaf-motifs in blue and gold.
224 by 130 mm; page 361 by 240 mm.
The yogis rest around a fire before a banyan tree, one with his hand on an upturned pot, another standing on the left with a fan decorated in colours and gold. A dog is in the foreground and a shrine on the hill behind.
Note: The inscription, although pointing to an early seventeenth-century date, is spurious. ‘See’ J.22, 12 and 16, which bear almost identical attributions.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286761
041-003286781 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 22 : Total of 16 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. There is no uniformity of subject matter. Many of the leaves have…
Johnson 22,15 : A party of Kanphat yogis resting round a fire - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0023]/040-003286761[0020]/041-003286781
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171475877.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Aurangzeb style - Start Date:
- 1699
- End Date:
- 1701
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.22,15
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 145
- Publications:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, by J.P. Losty and M. Roy (London, 2012), fig. 70
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)