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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



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Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Head of a monk, 4th-5th, from Hadda, India. The individualism of the features show this may be a portrait. Influenced by the late Kushan period or of the Gupta period (320-550) from central and North-eastern India. OA 1978.3-6.1
#03060145

Head of a monk, 4th-5th, from Hadda, India. The individualism of the features sh...

A European woman riding in a "tonjon" palanquin, 1835. Indian servants carry a type of sedan chair or litter. A fifth servant carries a red parasol to shade her, and a sixth walks in front carrying a spear. ID: Add Or 4199
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A European woman riding in a "tonjon" palanquin, 1835. Indian servants carry a t...

Avalokiteshvara found in Dunhuang Caves, China; 910 CE. The central figure of Avalokiteshvara has his usual attribute of Buddha Amitabha on his head-dress. He stands upon a floating lotus, holds a willow spray in his left hand and a flask in his right. An inscription on the back of the painting identifies the shaven-headed figure as the Very Reverend nun Yanhui, the young man on the right is the probationary chamberlain Zhang Youcheng. OA 1919.1-1.014
#03060151

Avalokiteshvara found in Dunhuang Caves, China; 910 CE. The central figure of A...

Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Dandan-oilik, Khotan oasis, Xinjiang province, China, 6th CE.Before the advent of Islam in the 8th century, Khotan was a thriving kingdom along the Southern Silk Route. Dandan-oilik was a Buddhist sanctuary there and became Sir Aurel Stein's first excavation site in the Desert of Taklamakan. The panels are the best surviving evidence of the legendary Khotanese school of painting. OA 1907.11-11.70
#03060153

Painted wooden panel showing riders with bowls into which birds dive, from Danda...

Vaishravana riding across the waters, Five Dynasties, mid 10th century. Depicted patrolling his domain with heavenly troops; he holds a golden halberd in his right hand; his sister Shri Devi, Goddess of Material Blessings, precedes him. She holds a golden dish with flowers. The Garuda in flight represents the dark forces against which Vaishravana offers protection. Painting on silk. OA 1919.1-1.045
#03060155

Vaishravana riding across the waters, Five Dynasties, mid 10th century. Depicted...

Head of Vaishravana, Guardian King of the North. He is the most frequently represented of the four devarajas, the Guardian Kings of the points of the compass. Detail of 03-06-01/55.
#03060156

Head of Vaishravana, Guardian King of the North. He is the most frequently repre...

Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, early 10th CE. He is identified by the figure of the Buddha Amitabha in the headdress of this figure. He is leading the soul of a female devotee to the halls of paradise, depicted by the three top nabds each with tiny buildings. He has a censer in his left hand and a long staff with a banner. OA 1919.1-1.046
#03060158

Avalokiteshvara as Guide of Souls, early 10th CE. He is identified by the figure...

A scene from the legend of Gazi, riding a tiger. One of the 57 registers of a scroll-painting telling the story of a local Bengali pir or Muslim saint who fought demons, overpowered dangerous animals and had power over tigers, abilities important to settlers of southern Bengal as they penetrated the jungles of the Ganges delta. This type of long scrollpainting was used by itinerant story tellers as a visual aid to a spoken narration. OA, 1955.10-8.095
#03060227

A scene from the legend of Gazi, riding a tiger. One of the 57 registers of a sc...

Lord Clive receives the grant of a sum of money for injured officers and soldiers from the Nabob of Bengal Suraj Ud Daulah. In 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, British troops under Clive secured Bengal under the control of the East India Company, and therefore British rule, 1773. ID: Foster 91
#03060257

Lord Clive receives the grant of a sum of money for injured officers and soldier...

The breakfast, 1842. A husband and wife sit at the breakfast table attended by Indian servants. A dog waits by his mistress' feet. Family portraits hang on the wall behind them. ID: X 42 fol. plate 3.
#03060258

The breakfast, 1842. A husband and wife sit at the breakfast table attended by I...

The durbar of December 1845; the Maharaja Dalip Singh is seated on a chair holding a gun, a pet lapdog at his feet and an attendant with a fly whisk behind him. On the Maharadsha's left is Diwan Dinah Nat and Fakir Nu ud-Din holding a book and prayer beads.
#03060259

The durbar of December 1845; the Maharaja Dalip Singh is seated on a chair holdi...

Spring and Summer flowers and grasses, Edo period, Japan, around 1840. Showing an aster, orchid, violet, thistle and lily. Suzuki Kitsu was a pupil of Sakai Hoitsu, the last of the three great masters of the Rimpa School, who revived the style in Edo (Tokyo). JA,JP ADD715-6 (1982.7-1.028.1-2)
#03060270

Spring and Summer flowers and grasses, Edo period, Japan, around 1840. Showing a...