Rare Paintings
 15 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Portrait of a Mughal courtier in bust profile, thought to be Jahangir holding an apple in his right hand. Void background.

Album folio containing a single-page painting. Ink and opaque watercolours on paper.

Mughal Style
Mughal dynasty
1632 (circa)

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 15 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Jahangir weighing prince Khurram against gold and silver. Single-page painting mounted on detached album folio. Princely figure sits cross-legged in a large scale ornately decorated with gold, rubies, and other precious jewels. Mahabat Khan, Khan Jahan and attendants look on. In the foreground st... Read More
 13 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Painting, signs of the zodiac, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Jaipur, ca. 1890

Marks and inscriptions:
'The twelve signs of the zodiac according to the Hindus'

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 13 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
The dwelling places of the gods, the planets and signs of the zodiac, compiled for Jai Singh, taken from various Sanskrit texts.

Faizabad
ca. 1774
Watercolour

Gentil; Manuscripts, Col J B J Gentil, Faizabad, ca. 1774. Page number 51 (Gentil numbered two successive pages '22'). The dwelli... Read More
 12 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Zodiac signs:
Ram(Mesha), Bull(Vrishabha), Couple(Mithuna), Crab(Karkataka)

Gouache on paper
Rajasthan School
1790-1810 (circa)

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 12 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Zodiac signs:
Tiger(Simha), Woman(Kanya), Scales(Tula), Scorpion(Vrishcika)

Gouache on paper
Rajasthan School
1790-1810 (circa)

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 5 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
A planetary deity (Mars, or Mangala) flanked by Kārttikeya on his peacock, and Lakshmi seated on a lotus borne aloft by four elephants.

Gouache painting on paper.

Attributed to: Mahesh (1725-1750 AD)

Pahari School
Chamba Style
1725-1750 (circa)
Panjab Hills

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 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Lovers playing with fireworks.

Painted on paper.

Pahari School
Rajasthan School
Kangra Style

1800 (circa)

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 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā playing with fireworks.

Gouache painting on paper.
Rajasthan School
1800 (circa)

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 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Women with lanterns and fireworks celebrating the festival of Diwali.

Gouache painting on paper.

By Nainsukh
Pahari School
Guler Style
1760-1763 (circa)

Nainsukh (painter/draughtsman; Indian; Male; 1710 - 1778; approx)

Also known as: Nainsukh; Nain Sukh

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 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Women with lanterns and fireworks celebrating the festival of Diwali.

Drawing on paper.

Attributed to a follower of Nainsukh
Pahari School
Guler Style
1760 (circa)

The term 'Pahari School' refers to paintings created in the small Rajput courts of the Punjab Hills. While the Pahari region w... Read More
 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
The month of Kartika - October/November

One of a series of eight paintings bound in an album. The series are from a 'Baramasa' set or 'Songs of the seasons' providing visual imagery for Baramasa poetry. The main theme is that of nayakas' and nayikas' (lovers) love in union and in separation an... Read More
 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Trivikrama Vishnu and Varaha, Cave II, Badami - 1853

Pen-and-ink and wash drawing of two sculptures of Vishnu as Trivikrama and Varaha from Cave II, Badami, by and Indian draftsman, dated 1853.

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 2 Nov 2013 Rare Paintings
Diwali, the Festival of Light - 1867

This chromolithograph is taken from plate 50 of William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern'. The picture is suffused with the yellow glow of lamps in the gathering dusk; a woman is pictured leaning to light a lamp in a little niche at a street corner.

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 26 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper, of the Taj Mahal. The painting shows the Taj Mahal to the east when standing in front of the mosque. In the far distance on the left hand side of the painting is the Yamuna River and behind the Taj Mahal, the 'jawab' or guest house is just visible. The focus of the ... Read More
 25 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
Enameld Mosque in the town of Mathura

19th century

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 25 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
An aerial view of the Taj Mahal and gardens.

Gouache painting on paper.
Mughal Style
1800

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 23 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
A cartoon from 'Punch', 1873

'Political Economy' says "Take care, my dear John. Don't interfere with the laws of supply and demand."
John Bull replies, "I don't, Miss Prudence. She demands and I supply."

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 23 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
The Ganary (Golghar) at Bankipur, near Patna (Bihar) seen from the river - 1814

Watercolour by Robert Smith (1787-1873) of the granary ('gola') at Bankipur, near Patna in Bihar, seen from the river with European officials' houses near by, dated 1814-15. The image is inscribed on the original m... Read More
 23 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
View of the Great Imambara and the Rumi Durwaza, from Moosah Bagh end of the city, Lucknow - 1860

This lithograph is taken from plate 26 of 'General Views of Lucknow' by Sir DS Dodgson.

The Great Imambara, which Dodgson described as the "architectural gem of Lucknow", has one of the largest... Read More
 13 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
Durga fighting the rakshashas Shunga and Nishunga, from a Devi Mahatmya

Mid 19th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
H: 27.3 W: 38.0 cm
Punjab Hills, India

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