Topic: Indian Paintings

[Nichi]

Large Clive Album, old woman, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1760

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[Nichi]

A dancing-girl. Lucknow. Date ca.1815 - ca. 1820


The shoes!!


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[Nichi]

Jehovah appearing to a Saint, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal or Deccani, ca. 1760

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I've seen a lot of Mary, Jesus, and nativity scenes, but never a depiction like this in the Indian Paintings before. It must have been commissioned by someone in the Akbar lineage, fond that they were of expanding their horizons into comparative religions.

[Nichi]

Shuja' al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, holding court during Holi, by Gobind Singh Shauquin, Lucknow, circa 1760

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Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, celebrating the spring festival of Holi with the ladies of his court, attributable to Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, circa 1775

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[Nichi]

Detail of the following:
This detail of a scroll painting probably painted in Mysore in about 1860 shows Krishnaraja Wadiyar, Raja of Mysore (r.1799-1868) on an elephant leading a religious procession in honour of the god Shiva. (He was formerly misidentified as Raja Sarabhoji of Tanjore (1777-1832) British military commanders are also shown.
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Krishnaraja Wadiyar is preceded by dancing-girls, musicians, chauri-bearers and men carrying illuminations and letting of fireworks.
The Raja is followed by the British Resident, Colonel Mark Cubbon, and two Indian military commanders on horseback, elephants with kettledrums, horsemen and a great crowd with illuminations.
A wooden platform bearing an image of Shiva on a prancing horse under a canopy, followed by a crowd with dancing-girls and musicians. Four temple cars dragged by ropes bearing images of Durga on a lion, Shiva on Nandi, Shiva on an elephant and Shiva on a horse. Dancing girls and men with fireworks may also be seen. Shiva is carried in an elaborate gold and red carved car drawn by four small red horses.

It is notable that the howdah and the headdress of the elephant are all adorned with tiger stripes of the characteristic form associated with the personal possessions of Tipu Sultan. Following the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan after the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799, his treasury was seized by the British Prize Agents. The British installed the five-year old Krishnaraja Wodeyar III as Maharaja of Mysore, returning the territory to Hindu rule. They gave the young ruler some of Tipu Sultan's possessions, almost certainly including elephant howdahs and accoutrements. ~V&A Museum

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[Nichi]

(Love the procession paintings.)

[Nichi]

Delhi Gate, Agra Fort, Delhi, ca.1836


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Young Jahangir and Jodh Bai standing under a kadam tree holding two birds (Bulbul)


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4 Moods of Women's Solitude, Mughal, Yr. Unk


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[Nichi]

Dancing in the zenana - data unk.

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[Michael]

Love all that gold..

[Nichi]

A lady of the court, by an unknown artist from Agra or Burhanpur, India, 1630-33. - British Library

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A lady of the court, by an unknown artist from Agra or Burhanpur, India, 1630-33. - British Library


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[Nichi]

Large Clive Album, dancing sarangi player, ink, watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, first half 18th century


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