Rare Paintings
 20 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Procession of Palanysoobramaniasawmy on a car representing a peacock.

Trichinopoly, India

Date: ca.1850

Gouache on mica (mounted on paper with an 1851 watermark)

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 19 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
This painting depicts a clerk - ca. 1850

Trichinopoly, India

Gouache on mica

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 17 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
The Adyar River; in the distance St. Thomas's Mount and garden houses beside the river; in the foreground a terrace and country boat - 1836

Water-colour drawing of the Adyar River with St. Thomas's Mount in the distance by Justinian Gantz (1802-1862) in 1836. Inscribed on the original mount in... Read More
 17 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
William Carey and His Indian Pundit
By unknown artist
Oil on canvas, 130 x 103 cm

Portrait of William Carey (1761–1834) and Krishna Pal.

Collection: Regent's Park College, University of Oxford Read More
 16 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Vibhishana in the camp of Rama
Sawar, c. 1700

Vibhishana was the more righteous brother of Ravana, demon king of Lanka, who abducted Rama’s wife Sita. When Rama and his monkey and bear allies besieged Lanka, Vibhishana failed to dissuade Ravana from fighting and went over to Rama’s side. He k... Read More
 16 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Angada delivers Rama's message to Ravana
Guler, c. 1725

Few of the large scale paintings of the ‘Siege of Lanka’ series were ever completed. Its subject is Rama’s siege of Lanka, where his wife Sita had been imprisoned by the demon king Ravana in his golden fortress. In this partly finished w... Read More
 16 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Fragment of scroll-painting / 'pata' in eight registers, depicting scenes from the 'Ramayana': Rama in his forest exile fighting a demon; Rishyashringa and the 'rishis' reading the five omens; the marriage of Rama, Lakshmana and their two brothers; etc. Unusually, the episodes are not shown in th... Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Portrait of Hanumān

Watercolour painting on paper of Hanumān. Hanumān stands on the banks of a body of water. He wears green shorts and has a pink shawl draped over his shoulder and chest. He wears a crown and jewel encrusted armlets. On his chest rests a floral garland and necklaces. He holds... Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Mandodari wife of Ravaṇa, seated on a cushioned plinth and looking to her left. She holds a flower in her right hand. She wears jewellery, garlands and lavish textiles. Two columns are shown behind Mandodari and in the far distance as line of trees. The painting i... Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Watercolour painting on paper of Ahalya, the wife of the seer Gautama, seated on a plinth with a back, on a terrace with a building behind her. A covered doorway is also shown. She wears lavish textiles and jewellery and holds a flower in her right hand. In front of the plinth is a vase with flow... Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Rama going into battle
Pahari School; Chamba Style (?)
18th century

Gouache painting on paper. Scene from the Ramayana; Rāma going into battle. Seated atop an elephant, and accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa and Hanuman.

Pahari School:
This term refers to paintings created in the small Rajput cour... Read More
 15 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Hasan Reza Khan, Minister to Asaf al-Daula of Oudh - 1784
By Johann Zoffany

Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

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 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
A performance in a grove - 18th century AD
Oudh, India

By Mir Kalan Khan

Watercolour and gilt on paper

Reference: Andrew Topsfield, Paintings from Mughal India (2008), 69.

By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Read More
 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Maharajah Tikait Rai, minister of Oudh, d. 1801.

Portrait of man with a halo, wearing fine white robes and seated on a terrace in front of a low wall of arabesque panels.

Watercolour and gilt on paper

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 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Oudh (1754-1775) - 18th century AD

After Tilly Kettle

Watercolour and gilt on paper

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 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Procession of Nawab Shuja' ud-Daula at Faizabad - 18th century AD

Artist: Niwasi Lal

Watercolour and gilt on paper

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 14 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
A howdah decorated with the fish of Oudh, lion and antelope - ca.1840
Lucknow, India

This furniture, like much of the furniture designed for the nawabs and kings of Oudh, was strongly influenced by the designs of Robert Home (1752-1834), who worked as a retained court-artist to Ghazi ud-Din ... Read More
 13 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Labels for Ayurvedic Medicines - 1909 Read More
 11 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
A physician and nurse attending a sick patient and her servant.

Watercolour

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 11 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
Illustration of Dhanvantari, God of Ayurvedic medicine.

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 11 Feb 2013 Rare Paintings
'Man of the medical caste'

Ayurvedic medicine

Indian Watercolour

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