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 24 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Mewar Ramayana

Battle between the armies of Rama and the King of Lanka, Udaipur, 1649-53.

The Ramayana manuscript of the text was copied in seven large volumes in 'nagari' script by Mahatma Hirananda between 1649 and 1653, and illuminated by Sahib Din, Manohar, and other artists in the court st... Read More
 23 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Meeting of Rama and Parushurama Folio from a set of Ramayana.
Dated: Samvat 1706 = A.D.1649 Rajasthani, Udaipur .
Artist : Manohar
Painting: 31 x 18 cms

The Museum acquired nineteen folios of a dispersed Ramayana set painted during the patronage of Maharana Jagat Singh I (1628-52 A.D. ), whose... Read More
 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā celebrating the Holi festival.

Painted on Paper.
Pahari School
Kangra Style
1800 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa celebrating the Holi festival with men and women.

Painted on Paper.
Pahari School
Kangra Style
1800 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa and Satyabhama playing holi. Both are armed with syringes and squirt coloured water at each other. Between them is a large container.

Album drawing. Pen and ink wash on paper.
Company School
1826 (circa)
Tiruchirapalli

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
A man and a woman standing on a terrace, surrounded by attendants, and celebrating the Holi festival.

Gouache painting on paper.
Jodhpur Style
Rajasthan School
1845 (circa)

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 17 Mar 2014 New Books
New Book:
The City Palace Museum Udaipur - Paintings of Mewar Court Life
By Andrew Topsfield
Published by Mapin Publishing -2002

An impressive showcase of the art of the Mewar kingdom of Rajasthan.

Once the ancestral home of the Maharanas of Mewar, the premier Rajput rulers of Rajasthan, this ... Read More
 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Rawat Gokal Das celebrating holi in the zenana
Signed Bagta, Devgarh, dated 1808

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the imposing ruler dressed in a white jama and adorned in a slightly reserved selection of jewels, commences the celebrations by squirting colored water from his syringe. The cou... Read More
 17 Mar 2014
Two bronze Pumps (pichkari) for the festival of Holi
India, 19th Century

Of cylindrical form with polychrome painted turned wooden handles and spouts emanating from terminals in the form of an elephant and makara head.
The larger 55 cm. long (approx.)

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 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Mirza Muhammad Azam Shah celebrating Holi
Lucknow, circa 1780

Calligraphic panel signed by Hafiz Nurullah verso.

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; the ruler embraces a courtesan in the center of celebrations surrounded by other members of the zenana and female musicians. Each figure is atti... Read More
 17 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Krishna and Balarama celebrating holi with Radha, squirting orange and yellow dye from a palace courtyard up at Radha and the gopis standing at windows above.

Kangra, circa 1810-20

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 14 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Ellora: Bodhisattvas on the right side of the shrine in the Tin Thal (top), Sculpture in the Tin Thal Cave (bottom) - 1877
By Draughtsman: Jayrao Raghoba (fl. 1875)

Illustration of sculptures from Tin Thal, Cave XII at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [from the] Report on the Elura ... Read More
 14 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Ellora: Sculptures from Kailasa (top), Kailasa in front of the Vimana (bottom centre), Lions on the Roof (bottom left) - 1876
By Draughtsman: Jayrao Raghoba (fl. 1875)

Kailasanatha [Kailasa] Temple, cave XVI, at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Elura Cave Temples Buddhist and B... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Ellora: Pillar of the Nave Vishvakarma (left), Pillar under the gallery in Vishvakarma Cave (right) - 1877
By Draughtsman: Dinkar Moreshwar (fl. 1875)

Illustrations of pillars from the Vishvakarma Cave from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [from the] Report on the Elura Caves.' The spectacular ... Read More
 13 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
Ellora: Mahayogi in Dumar Lena (top left), south Dwarpalas in Dumar Lena (top right), Figure from Dumar Lena- front and side profile (bottom) - 1877
By Draughtsman: Jayrao Raghoba (fl. 1875)

Illustration of sculptures from Dhumar Lena, Cave XXIX at Ellora from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings ... Read More
 4 Mar 2014 Rare Paintings
A maiden anointing a shrine
Bengal School, early 20th Century

Watercolour on paper, signed in monogram lower left, in mount - 27.5 x 18 cm.

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 27 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Pahari school miniature painting
Punjab Hills, 19th Century

Framed and glazed; opaque water colors on paper; circa 1840-1850, finely detailed depicting Shiva and Parvati with Ganesha and Skanda happily seated together upon a tiger rug on Mount Kailasa, Shiva's matted hair encircling them and for... Read More
 27 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Illustration to a Krishna Rukmini series: Krishna and Shiva meet.

Garhwal, circa 1840

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Krishna drawn in chariot with attendants and soldiers meeting Siva approaching on Nandi. The foreground is littered with slain combatants.

Image: 8 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. (22.6 ... Read More
 27 Feb 2014 Rare Paintings
Miniature painting of a woman who is performing Linga puja.

1750 - 1800 ca.

India

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 19 Jan 2014 New Books
New Book:
The Plunder of Art
By H. Bhisham Pal
Published by Abhinav Publications - 1992

Read this book online:

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 12 Jan 2014
Brahmanical temple cloth of coarse cotton fabric painted, chiefly in red and black, with Vaishnava subjects illustrating the incarnations (avatares) of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

18th century
Tamil Nadu, India

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