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Johnson 53,3v

Record Id:

041-003287496

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003286446

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00041b

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Johnson 53,3v

Title:

Flowering plant

Scope & Content:

A flowering plant.

Deccan, c.1700-1720.

Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.

Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i shir dakan’ (a Deccan picture of a lion) - referring to the lion in the marbled picture on the other side of the page; price in ‘raqam’; on reverse: Persian inventory note (not numbered).

Gouache; plain border.

238 by 135 mm; page 296 by 195 mm.

Reverse: a square seal is illegible; an oval seal of Hajji(?) Muhammad Mu’min beneath. The marbled picture of a lion is described in Robinson (1976), no.142. There is a case for believing that such marbled pictures were made in the Deccan according to a tradition borrowed from Turkey. For other examples, ‘see’ Martin (1912), pl.231; Sotheby, 1 December 1969, lot 111; Binney (1973), no.129; Welch (1976), nos.34 and 35.

A flowering plant with a single stem bearing leaves and pink flowers and buds.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Johnson Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003286446
040-003287492
041-003287496

Is part of:

Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 53 : Preserved as an album. Total of 7 leaves of which one, no. 3, has a marbled picture on one side included in the Persian catalogue. All…

Johnson 53,3v : Flowering plant

Hierarchy:

032-003286446[0053]/040-003287492[0004]/041-003287496

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

Deccani style
South Indian style

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1720

Date Range:

1700-1720

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: opaque watercolour

Former Internal References:

J.53,3v

Finding Aids:

Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 484

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Flowers
Plants