Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of #Bijapur, #Deccan #India Riding his favourite #Elephant Atash Khan
Attributed to artist Farrukh Beg, this c1600 CE #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting from the collection of Edith & Stuart Cary Welch (acquired by them from Sven Gahlin, 1975) was auctioned by Sotheby's on Oct 25, 2023 for £571,500
Previously exhibited at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art #USA & #RietburgMuseum, #Zurich
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Finally a deluge of #Mangoes in #Delhi #NewDelhi markets.
In this c1657 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting now at Ashmolean #Museum Ali Adil Shah II, Sultan of #Bijapur #Deccan #India sits under a #Mango #Tree possibly with his General Afzal Khan reporting on the availability of the fruit in the market #JustKidding
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Why are Saturdays so unsteady? Err I mean, why am I so unsteady on Saturdays? Maybe weekdays are too long!
Anyway, I made it back home without issues.
c1700 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting (details) from #Hyderabad #Deccan #India now at Jagdish Mittal Collection (#Museum)
'An unsteady lady is assisted by her companions'.
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After the heavy #DelhiRains water has seeped into the burroughs of #Reptiles, forcing many of them to come out.
Yesterday a #Cobra was found lurking at #WilliamDalrymple farm at #Mehrauli #NewDelhi #Delhi
So, a #MastoArt #Toot #Painting
c1775 AD #Deccani #DeccaniSchool #Art #IndianMiniaturePainting of a 'maid removing a snake which unknowingly entered a palace as her bewildered lady watches anxiously'.
An outstanding c1645 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting with #Mughal influence of Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan #India & his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan
This #Painting from Howard Hodgkin collection now at Ashmolean Museum #UnitedKingdom is as much a Portrait of a Prized Royal #Elephant as of its Distinguished Riders.
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Never knew that there are 'Types' of #Bamboo
This 1595 AD dated (AH 1004) #DeccaniSchool #IndianMiniaturePainting #Painting now at Ashmolean Museum UK possibly belonged to #Deccani Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan #India
This #Art was copied from De Materia Medica, a 1st century AD #Greek treatise on Medical Properties of Plants, widely known in the Mediaeval & Ancient World.
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'A Couple in a Garden'.
A Male Figure Dressed in #European Attire holding a Bottle, Wine Cup & a Hat with his #Indian Dressed Companion is depicted in this c1660 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Golconda #Deccan #India & now for sale at Amir Mohtashemi #Art Dealer at #London
The style of this painting is very close to that of artist Rahim #Deccani
This is a #DeccaniSchool painting, not a #CompanyPainting
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'A Goddess with a Female Saint & Acolytes'.
An unusual & important c1675-1725 AD #Deccani #Rajasthani or #Pahari Painting from C. Welch coll sold by Sotheby's
It is suggested that the artist moved from #Aurangabad in #Deccan to #Kishangarh #Rajasthan sometime in c1700 AD. Also has influence of #Mewar & #Bikaner styles.
The face of Goddess, Crown, some of the male figures further suggest a #Pahari connection.
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For those who are fans of #TheCrown on #Netflix will recall the famous dialogue of Prince Phillip to the late Queen Elizabeth at her #Coronation
in 1953...
'Where did you get the hat?'
Well, this c1775 AD #Deccani #Painting from the Bonhams sale of 23rd April 2013 would prompt me to put the same question to this 'Ruler with his Mistress and a Child' !
Probably from #Aurangabad #Deccan #India
Sharad Mohan