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 10 Aug 2013 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Coins of India
By C.J. Brown
Published by Association Press, Calcutta - 1922


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 10 Aug 2013
Gold Coin.(obverse) Caparisoned horse standing facing left before a decorated sacrificial post (yupa) which rests on a pedestal.
(reverse) Female figure standing facing left, wearing gown and earrings, holding fly-whisk over right shoulder, and a cloth in her left hand, with a halo around her he... Read More
 9 Aug 2013
Seal with attachment lug. Legend Sri Mahasenasya and spear and bird on same line.
Made of engraved bronze.
Gupta Style
4thC-5thC
India

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 9 Aug 2013
Stamp-seal
A square stamp-seal with rounded edges showing a unicorn standing before a device and above a one-line inscription in six characters.
Made of stone (steatite).
Indus Civilisation
2500BC-2000BC
Harappa

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 8 Aug 2013 Video
Video:
100 ft long pre-historic rock paintings at Isco Caves in Jharkhand, 10000 BC
Filmed by Badshah Singh

Cave paintings lie in neglect
The Telegraph - 2008

Isco (Hazaribagh), March 12: Around 46km from here is the village of Barkagaon, where lies the Isco cave known for rock paintings over a... Read More
 6 Aug 2013
Copper Standard or Alam consisting of a pronged metal plate covered with engraved characters with socket below, the surface tinned and now rubbed.
Islamic
Deccan

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 6 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
A standing portrait of a man holding a flower
Gouache painting on paper
Deccani School
1780 (circa)
Deccan

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 6 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
A dancing girl
Gouache painting on paper
19thC(early)
Deccan

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 5 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
An equestrian portrait of a Nawab, or nobleman from the Deccan.
Gouache paiting on paper.
Deccani School
1750-1775 (circa)
Deccan

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 3 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
A woman with a pet bird and two attendants
Gouache painting on paper
Deccani School
18thC(late)
Golconda

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 2 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
The constellations of the Crow and Centaurus
Deccan Plateau, late 16th century - early 17th century

These illustrated pages [EA1978.2573, EA1978.2576, EA1978.2577] originally belonged to three different manuscripts of The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence (Arabic: ‘Aja’ib al-makh... Read More
 2 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
The angel Ruh holding the celestial spheres
Iran, 2nd half of the 16th century

These illustrated pages [EA1978.2573, EA1978.2576, EA1978.2577] originally belonged to three different manuscripts of The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence (Arabic: ‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-... Read More
 2 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah
Golconda, c. 1650

This scene of a wedding party travelling by night depicts Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Golconda (r.1580-1612) bringing home his bride, the beautiful Hindu dancing-girl Bhagmati. Himself a Shia Muslim, Muhammad Quli had fall... Read More
 2 Aug 2013
Sitarah made for the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina
Egypt, 1791 - 1792

Embroidered textiles were amongst the most impressive gifts presented during the processions associated with the annual Islamic pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. Traditionally produced every year by the Muslim rulers who contro... Read More
 2 Aug 2013 Rare Paintings
Devotion - Two women visiting a religious mendicant
Painting on paper
Mughal Style
Islamic
18th century

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 20 Jul 2013 Rare Paintings
An opaque watercolour painting on paper depicting The Emperior Shah Jahan and three of his sons and courtiers, approaching an idgah for Muslim festival, possibly at Ajmer.

ca. 1635

Opaque watercolour on paper

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 20 Jul 2013 Rare Paintings
The Muslim cosmogony according to the commentaries of Massabi and Meschat. The world supported by an angel standing on a mountain of rubies, which is supported by a many horned white bull standing on a fish in water above sand and air.

Faizabad, India

ca. 1774

Watercolour

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 11 Jul 2013 Sculpture
Royal Insignia of Vijayanagar - The Boar, Sun, Moon and Dagger.

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 10 Jul 2013
Sword
6thC-17thC
Vijayanagara

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 10 Jul 2013 Sculpture
A figure in bronze of the goddess Pārvatī.
Vijayanagara
1550 (circa)
Bronze
Height: 58 centimetres

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 10 Jul 2013
Gold coin - Gandabherunda with elephant in each of its beaks and another two elephants underfoot.
Ruler: Achyutaraya
Date : 1530-1542
Minted in: Vijayanagara
Weight: 1.57 grammes Diameter: 10 millimetres

Inscription Transliteration:
Shri Pra-tapa Achyutaraya

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