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 2 Apr 2013 New Books
New Book:
Wonder of the age
By John Guy and Jorrit Britschgi
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2011

This vividly illustrated publication features 110 works by many of the most eminent painters in the history of Indian art. These remarkable paintings, dating from 1100 to 1900, were ... Read More
 25 Mar 2013 New Books
New Book:
Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art
By Partha Mitter
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press - 1992

In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exot... Read More
 21 Mar 2013 New Books
New Book:
The Flame and the Lotus: Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Kronos Collections
By Martin Lerner
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1984

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 20 Mar 2013 New Books
New Book:
The Art of South and Southeast Asia: A Resource for Educators
By Steven M. Kossak and Edith W. Watts
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2001

A great and early civilization arose on the subcontinent of South Asia that in time spread northward to the Himalayan region and... Read More
 13 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Nobleman smoking on a terrace
North India, c. 1670

A Mughal nobleman, possibly an officer serving with Aurangzeb’s armies in the Deccan, sits drinking from a porcelain wine-cup, while a youth in a flowered robe holds the hookah steady for him. Further youthful attendants stand at either side.... Read More
 13 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
The elephant Ganesh Gaj and rider
North India, 1660 - 1670

In this imposing portrait of Ganesh Gaj, the painter exaggerates his size to emphasise his grandeur. The rider is a prince in a floral robe, possibly a son of the emperor Aurangzeb. With its distant hilly landscape and a passing camel... Read More
 11 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Garuda
Mewar ca.1770

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 11 Mar 2013 New Books
New Book:
Court Painting in Rajasthan
By Andrew Topsfield
Publisher: Sangam Books Ltd - 2000

From the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries the patronage of the Rajput rulers of Rajasthan gave rise to a rich profusion of distinctive painting styles, devoted both to the illustration of poetical and... Read More
 11 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
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Maharana Amar Singh of Mewar at the Eklingji temple
Udaipur, c. 1705

Amar Singh II attends worship at the temple of Eklingji, a form of Shiva and the ancestral deity of the Mewar rulers.

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 11 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Maharana Amar Singh of Mewar at the Eklingji temple
Udaipur, c. 1705

Amar Singh II attends worship at the temple of Eklingji, a form of Shiva and the ancestral deity of the Mewar rulers.

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 10 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Shiva - Ardhanarishwara and Ganesha

Central India
ca.1810

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 10 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Shiva and Parvati
Kangra
ca. 1810

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 10 Mar 2013 Rare Paintings
Miniature depicting a woman who brings an offering to Shiva (Lingapuja) - 1750-1800

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 10 Mar 2013 Sculpture
Shiva
Sitting statue with four arms, Dieng Plateau, Java - 1864

Photographer: Van Kinsbergen
(Brugge 1821 - Batavia 1905)

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 6 Mar 2013
Sword, Indore, ca. 1800

Sword with metal hilt entirely covered with sheet gold and set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds; the curved watered steel blade polished bright; gold overlaid parasol on one side of the blade beneath the hilt.

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 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
Portable shrine of Vishnu as Venkateshwara
Tirupati, late 18th century - early 19th century

Portable shrines of this kind were used by travelling priests who narrated the stories of Vishnu and his incarnations. The shrine has extendable folding doors painted with scenes of Vishnu in his vario... 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