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 6 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Sri Krishna kills the demon Gala (scene from the Harivamsa), ca.1585
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
India

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 6 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Krishna and the Golden City of Dwarka from the Harivamsha (Geneology of Vishnu)
ca. 1585

Miskin active late 1570s–ca. 1604)
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Akbar

Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
H: 34.9 W: 23.2 cm
India

The painting represents the mythical city of Dwarka, where ... Read More
 5 Nov 2012 New Books
New Book:
Indian Court Painting, 16th-19th century
By Steven Kossak
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - 1997

Paintings of extraordinary beauty and variety were made for the many royal courts of India during a golden age that unfolded in the sixteenth century and lasted w... Read More
 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Persian Portraits, Etc.
Double view. On left: Album leaf (verso). Portrait. The bow-bearer of Shah ?Abbas. On right: Album leaf (recto); painting. Vishnu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. On paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India

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 4 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Persian Portraits, Etc.
DescriptionAlbum leaf (recto); painting. Viṣṇu as Matsya returning the Vedas to Brahman. Painted on paper.
Mughal Style
Late 17th century
Deccan, India

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 4 Nov 2012 Rare Photographs
Close view of sculpture of Matsyavatara (fish incarnation of Vishnu), Garhwa, Allahabad District - 1875

Photograph of a sculpture of the fish incarnation of Vishnu, Matsya avatara, from Gharwa, taken by Joseph David Beglar in the 1870s. At Garwa there is a pentagonal shaped compound inside whi... Read More
 3 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Rawat Gokul Das inspecting a snared tiger
Deogarh, 1810 - 1820
Artist: Chokha (active 1799 - c. 1826)

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 2 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Enlarged:
Maharao Ram Singh II's marriage celebrations at Udaipur
Kota, probably 1851

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 2 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Maharao Ram Singh II's marriage celebrations at Udaipur
Kota, probably 1851

Maharao Ram Singh, seen twice in his elephant howdah, arrives at the Udaipur palace for his marriage to the sister of Maharana Sarup Singh, who stands with courters waiting to greet him on a terrace in front of the pa... Read More
 1 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
"I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing."

— Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor of India

Read more at Amanda McCrina's blog:

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Image:
Painting; Watercolour on ivory, Aurangzeb (1658-1707), Delhi, ca.1850

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 1 Nov 2012 Rare Paintings
Emperor Aurangzeb in a Shaft of Light with later floral border from The St. Petersburg Album
ca. 1660

Hunhar (Indian)
Mughal dynasty
Reign of Emperor Aurangzeb
Opaque watercolor on paper with gold
H: 47.2 W: 32.2 cm
India

The garden setting may be a reference to Agharabad (later ... Read More
 1 Nov 2012 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
 31 Oct 2012 Rare Paintings
Mausoleum of Rabi'a Daurani, Aurangabad - 1816

Pen-and-ink and water-colour drawing of the mausoleum of Rabi'a Daurani at Aurangabad by Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821) in 1816. Inscribed on the front in ink is: 'Mausoleum of Rabeea Dooranny, wife of the Emperor Aurunzebe at Aurangabad.'

The Bib... Read More
 29 Oct 2012 Rare Paintings
Decorative work on the cenotaph of Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Agra.

Architectural; Drawings, watercolour, Delhi, ca.1820

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 29 Oct 2012 Rare Paintings
'The Dome inside of the Taj'

Drawings, ink watercolour, Delhi or Agra, ca.1820

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 29 Oct 2012 Rare Paintings
Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Shah Jahan from the Kevorkian Album
early 19th century

Reign of Shah Jahan
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
H: 26.8 W: 18.1 cm
India

Shah Jahan, the third son of Jahangir, was reputed to be the wealthiest of all Mughal emperors and surrounded himself with... Read More
 25 Jul 2012 Rare Paintings
Shahjahan's bookplate!

"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album - 1645 AD

A shamsa (literally, sun) traditionally opened imperial Mughal albums. Worked in bright colors and several tones of gold, the meticulously designed and painted arabesques are e... Read More
 29 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
The War Elephants Citranand and Udiya Collide in Battle: 1590-1595

This painting from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) is the left half of a double-page composition. The other side is Museum no. IS.2: 63-1896. It depicts the elephant Citranand attacking another, called Udiya, during the Mughal camp... Read More
 27 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Murad Bakhsh mounted on horses in a landscape with mountains and a village in the background. Equestrian portrait with landscape.
By Balchand (artist) 17th century AD

By permission of The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Read More
 27 Jun 2012 Rare Paintings
Aurangzeb ke darbar ki

A Mughal Emperor, possibly Aurangzeb is seated on a throne under a gold canopy. He inspects a piece of jewellery in his left hand. One of his sons stands behind him. An attendant waving a morchal stands behind the Emperor. Courtiers surround him; the one in the foregroun... Read More
 5 Dec 2011 Rare Paintings
Gouache painting on paper. Śiva is leaning against a bolster on a terrace and is accompanied by Pārvatī. Her tiger mount and Nandi, Śiva's mount, are positioned on either side. Gaṇeśa holds a fly-whisk in his trunk - 1800.

Collected by Major Edward Moor FRS.

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