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 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
 14 Nov 2013
Gold coin.
(obverse) Portrait of Jahangir.
(reverse) Lion surmounted by sun.
Ruler: Jahangir
Mughal dynasty
1611 AD (AH 1020)

Inscription Transliteration:
A likeness of Jahangir Shah, son of Akbar Shah, in the year 6 of his reign.

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 14 Nov 2013
Read your horoscope today?

The Persian couplet on the obverse (front) of this coin might be not mean much to most, but look closely at the friendly-looking lion and he can tell you something about this coin without you needing to learn Persian. The sun behind him shows he is Leo from the Zodia... Read More
 14 Nov 2013
Gold mohur of Jahangir - Capricorn

Mughal dynasty, AD 1605-28
From Agra, India

Signs of the zodiac, a sign of the times

In 1584, the Mughal emperor of India, Akbar (1556-1605), established a new religion, Din-i Ilahi ('Divine Faith') and a corresponding new era, the Ilahi era, based on ... 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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 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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 11 Nov 2013
Narasimhagupta standing facing left, wearing a waistcloth and jewellery, with a halo around head. Left hand holds a bow, the right hand holds an arrow. In left field a Garuda standard with ribbons. In right field a crescent.

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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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 25 Oct 2013 Rare Paintings
Enameld Mosque in the town of Mathura

19th century

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 13 Oct 2013 Sculpture
Sculpture of Durga as Mahishasuramardini
11th century
India

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 13 Oct 2013 Sculpture
Durga as Mahishasuramardini
12th century

Pala-Sena dynasty

Brass
H: 15.7 W: 10.1 D: 8.2 cm
Bangladesh

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 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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 13 Oct 2013 Sculpture
Durga slaying the Buffalo
9th century

Central Javanese Period

Stone
Java, Indonesia

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