EditorialPortrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), half-length, seated in a chair, holding the snake of a hookah in his left hand and a handkerchief in his right. Fraser collection. 1820 - 1825. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Opaque water-colour with gold, within ...
EditorialBook of Revelation, chapter 8, 2-5. Seven angels with trumpets before the throne of God set inside the eternal circle sprinkled with stars. An angel holding a large censer over the altar, and same angel casting the thunder and lightning that emerge fro...
EditorialIkhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1640. Ikhlas Khan, an Abyssinian officer in the service of the 'Adil Shahi dynasty, facing left, stands in a field holding a straight sword in his right hand, and resting his left hand on the black shield at his side. Two 'talwa...
EditorialShah Jahan is dressed in white, holding a lance with both hands and riding a piebald horse through grassland. Johnson Collection. 1630-1650. Opaque watercolour. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue border. Source: J.4,1.
EditorialLocust in landscape. The locust, facing left, is at rest by a pool, its body and wings marked in shades of grey. Two naked humans dash across the distant landscape with trees and buildings on the skyline. [Total of 19 separately mounted leaves of which...
EditorialPortrait of William Fraser (1784-1835), half-length, seated in a chair, holding the snake of a hookah in his left hand and a handkerchief in his right. Fraser collection. 1820 - 1825. By a Delhi artist, c.1820-25. Opaque water-colour with gold, within ...
EditorialA lady holding a flower. Johnson Collection. c.1670. Tinted drawing, on an album page with coloured borders sprinkled with gold. Source: J.13,5.
EditorialBook of Revelation, chapter 8, 2-5. Seven angels with trumpets before the throne of God set inside the eternal circle sprinkled with stars. An angel holding a large censer over the altar, and same angel casting the thunder and lightning that emerge fro...
EditorialShah Jahan is dressed in white, holding a lance with both hands and riding a piebald horse through grassland. Johnson Collection. 1630-1650. Opaque watercolour. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled blue border. Source: J.4,1.
EditorialIkhlas Khan. Bijapur, c.1640. Ikhlas Khan, an Abyssinian officer in the service of the 'Adil Shahi dynasty, facing left, stands in a field holding a straight sword in his right hand, and resting his left hand on the black shield at his side. Two 'talwa...
EditorialFarrukh Siyyar (1713-19). c.1715. The emperor, facing right, stands in a flowery meadow holding a 'sarpesh' and a 'chauri'. There is a gold halo around his head and he is finely dressed in a jewelled turban and a gold jama with brocaded flowers. The pa...
EditorialCollection of Poems (Divan). Illuminated manuscripts. Ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins bound between boards covered with lacquer ink and pigments on laid paper with gold-sprinkled margins bound between boards covered with lacq...
EditorialWine Ewer with Design of Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields, Momoyama period (1573?1615), ca. 1596, Japan, Lacquered wood with sprinkled gold (makie) decoration in Kodaiji style, H. (incl. handle) 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diam. 7 in. (1...
EditorialBox with Design of Pine, Bamboo, and Cherry Blossom, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold on lacquer (maki-e), H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Lacquer, This covered box, part of a wedding trousseau, comprised of thi...
Editorial???????????? ??????, Inro with Design of Blossoming Plum Tree, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Sprinkled gold lacquer with gold, silver, and red makie, takamakie, and coral inlay, Overall (inro): H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 ...
Editorial????????, Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako) with Geese against Mount Fuji in Moonlight and (inner lid) with Plovers by the Seashore, Edo period (1615?1868), early to mid-19th century, Japan, Black lacquer ground with gold and silver ...