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VMFA Acquires "Spectacular" Picture Scroll From India and 1888 Oil Portrait by "Best Woman Painter in History"

VMFA has acquired a rare 18th- or early-19th-century scroll from the Andhra Pradesh region of India. This detail illustrates the scroll's story of a caste known as the Gaudas, who make and sell an alcoholic toddy from the sap of palmyra trees. (Photo...

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Tags: India, Alexander Jackson Davis, Andhra Pradesh, Doris Ulmann, Gothic Revival

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5 janvier 2009

"Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan" @

NEW YORK, NY.- This winter, the Rubin Museum of Art presents stunning examples of embroidery from India and Pakistan, areas long known for their beautiful and diverse textiles. Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan is organized by the Textile...

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Tags: India, Embroidery, Pakistan

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31 décembre 2008

Ivory flywhisk (‘Chauri’), India, Mughal, mid 18th century

Ivory flywhisk (‘Chauri’), India, Mughal, mid 18th century. Carved ivory and baleen, Overall height including baleen: 79 cm, Height of ivory flywhisk handle: 41cm Francesca Galloway Ltd. www.francescagalloway.com ( all text & images © Francesca Galloway...

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Tags: India, ivory, Mughal, Chauri, flywhisk, mid 18th century

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31 décembre 2008

The Wrestling Match between Jarasandha and Bhima, India; By a Pahari artist from Bilaspur, 1660-80

The Wrestling Match between Jarasandha and Bhima, India; By a Pahari artist from Bilaspur, 1660-80, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Painting: 22.5 x 29 cm Francesca Galloway Ltd. www.francescagalloway.com ( all text & images © Francesca Galloway...

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Tags: India, watercolour, 1660-80, Bhima, Bilaspur, Jarasandha, Pahari

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31 décembre 2008

Ladies on a Terrace Kite-Fighting by a Farrukhabad artist, c. 1775,

Ladies on a Terrace Kite-Fighting by a Farrukhabad artist, c. 1775, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Painting: 28.9 x 21.8 cm, Folio: 55.7 x 38.5 cm Francesca Galloway Ltd. www.francescagalloway.com ( all text & images © Francesca Galloway Ltd.)

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Tags: India, watercolour, 1775, Farrukhabad

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30 décembre 2008

Jahangir with a Lady. By a Hyderabad artist, circa 1760 A.D..

Jahangir with a Lady. By a Hyderabad artist, circa 1760 A.D.. Opaque watercolour with gold on paper. 440 by 320 mm. A prince apparently modelled on the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1605-27) is seated on a terrace in close embrace with a lady. He seems to...

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Tags: India, Hyderabad, circa 1760, watercolour

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30 décembre 2008

Ladies Visiting an Ascetic, Attributed to the Avadh artist, Mir Kalan Khan, circa 1750 A.D

Ladies Visiting an Ascetic, Attributed to the Avadh artist, Mir Kalan Khan, circa 1750 A.D. Opaque watercolour with gold on paper. 310 by 220 mm. page; 220 by 145 mm. miniature In this quiet moonlit scene, two Hindu ladies are bringing food in a jewelled...

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Tags: India, Mir Kalan Khan, circa 1750, watercolour

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30 décembre 2008

An Exceptional Large Chased Silver-Gilt Lidded Vase, silver, India, 18th-19th c

An Exceptional Large Chased Silver-Gilt Lidded Vase, silver, India, 18th-19th c., height: 35.5cm This extraordinary, large silver-gilt vase has a form that is reminiscent of both a traditional Indian water flask and a Chinese ginger jar. Globular, with...

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Tags: India, Silver-gilt, 18th 19th century, Lidded Vase

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24 octobre 2008

12th Century Survival Takes Pride Of Place At Exhibition Of Buddhist Manuscripts

Sam Fogg Ltd is pleased to announce the discovery of a previously unknown, extremely rare and important example of an early illuminated Buddhist manuscript from India, few of which survive. Containing 218 pages, including four leaves each with three miniatures,...

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Tags: India, Buddhist, China, Japan, Himalayas, South-East Asia

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6 octobre 2008

A rare Mughal mould-blown glass spittoon (PIKDAN), India, early 18th century

A rare Mughal mould-blown glass spittoon (Pikdan), India, early 18th century. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's the colourless glass body of squat globular form with a wide flanged rim, the exterior body moulded with vertical ribs - 27.7cm. diam. 10.3cm. height...

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Tags: India, early 18th century., Mughal, Pikdan, mould-blown glass, spittoon

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