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"Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum" @ The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

W.582, fol. 5b, Qasîdat al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle). 17th century, Iran, ink, paint and gold on paper covered with med morocco with black leather and gilt doublures, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore In the Islamic book—the primary vehicle for literary...

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Tags: India, 16th century, 17th century, Islamic, Iran, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

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14 février 2010

Tigers in Victoria & Albert Museum

Tippoo's Tiger, automaton with mechanical organ, India, about 1793. Museum no. 2545(IS). Victoria & Albert Museum, London This extraordinary model of a tiger devouring a European belonged to the Indian ruler Tipu Sultan. Tipu was known as the 'Tiger of...

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Tags: 19th century, India, 16th century, 18th century, Japan, tiger, netsuke, Korea, Tomin

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2 octobre 2009

Himalayan Art Attract Buyers in New York, Selection of Works to be Shown in Hong Kong‏

Vasudeva, India, Kashmir, 9th century. Brass with silver inlay. Height: 11⅜ in (29 cm) Visitors to Carlton Rochell’s gallery in the Fuller Building, New York, were fascinated by the exhibition of twenty-five works from Tibet, Nepal and India from a European...

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Tags: India, Tibet, 9th Century, Kashmir, 14th-15th Century, Vajradhara, Rossi Rossi, Vasudeva

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29 septembre 2009

'Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts' @ The Victoria & Albert Museum

The V&A’s autumn exhibition, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts , will be the first to comprehensively explore the world of the maharajas and their extraordinarily rich culture. It will bring together over 250 magnificent objects, many on...

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Tags: India, Victoria and Albert Museum, Maharaja

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28 juin 2009

India. A sandstone head of a Jina. 12th Century and sandstone bust of Vishnu. Uttar Pradesh, 10th Century

An Indian sandstone head of a Jina. 12th Century The well carved face with thin almond shaped eyes under well defined raised eyebrows, with full lips curled in a faint smile, surmounted by tiers of tight curled hair; mounted on a contemporary black base....

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Tags: India, Vishnu, 12th Century, sandstone, 10th century, Jina, Uttar Pradesh

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20 juin 2009

New acquisitions by the the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Female Figure, ca. 18th - 19th century, South India or Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Ivory with traces of polychromy, semi-precious stones, and wire, 10-1/4 inches tall. (Photo by Katherine Wetzel, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts). RICHMOND, VA.-A powerful...

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Tags: India, Théodore Géricault, 18th-19th century, James Prosek, Sallie Lee Blount Mahood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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22 mai 2009

A red sandstone figure of a female deity. W. India, Rajasthan, 10th/11th century.

A red sandstone figure of a female deity. W. India, Rajasthan, 10th/11th century. delicately sculpted and standing in tribhanga upon a lotus flower. Height: 64 cm, 25 inches. Contact the gallery for price asianartresource@aol.com Jonathan Tucker & Antonia...

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Tags: India, Rajasthan, 10th-11th century, female deity, red sandstone

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12 avril 2009

A rock crystal-hilted dagger. Mughal, India. 18th century

A rock crystal-hilted dagger. Mughal, India. 18th century 41.5 cm. With curving watered steel blade, the hilt carved with floral and foliate decoration on either side, with curving pommel Provenance: Lord McAlpine of West Green, London, 1980s, inventory...

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Tags: India, 18th century, Mughal, dagger, rock crystal-hilted

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12 avril 2009

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century 39 cm. dagger; 41.5 cm. with scabbard. With curving watered steel blade, the white jade hilt inlaid with floral decoration set with emeralds and rubies; the red velvet-covered scabbard...

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Tags: India, 18th century, Mughal, gem-set, jade-hilted, dagger, gold-inlaid

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7 avril 2009

A prince and his mistress in an erotic embrace on a palace terrace. Deogarh, circa 1830

A prince and his mistress in an erotic embrace on a palace terrace. Deogarh, circa 1830 gouache on paper, framed. 210 x 140 mm. Sold for £1,320 Bonhams. Islamic & Indian Art, 2 Apr 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com (Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793...

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Tags: India, 1830, Gouache, Deogarh, erotic

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