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Painting

c. 1605-1610 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mir Ali (maker)
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, panel of calligraphy by Mir'Ali of Herat.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Calligraphy
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, panel of calligraphy by Mir'Ali of Herat, opaque watercolour on paper, border and decoration Mughal, first half 17th century
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, panel of calligraphy by Mir'Ali of Herat.
Dimensions
  • Picture,painting only, without borders height: 19.8cm
  • Painting only, without borders width: 12.8cm
  • Page width: 38.7cm
  • Page width: 26cm
Content description
Calligraphy.
Style
Mughal Court
Marks and inscriptions
  • shabih-e qutb al-din khan koka
    Translation
    [at left of figure on left] likeness of Qutb al-Din Khan Koka
  • shabih-e raja sangram zamindar-e kharagpur
    Translation
    [on jama of figure at extreme right] likeness of Raja Sangram, zamindar of Kharagpur
  • shabih-e ruzafzun, pesar-e sangram
    Translation
    [on the column next to the boy] Ruzafzun, the son of Sangram
  • shabih-e dalpat ujjainiya
    Translation
    likeness of Dalpat Ujjainiya [on orange jama of figure on right nearest to Jahangir]
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage in 1921
Historical context
Raja Sangram died at the end of 1606, according to Jahangir's memoirs.
Subject depicted
Calligraphy
Associated object
IM.111-1921 (Part)
Bibliographic references
  • Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal Emperor. The Art of the Book 1560-1650, pl. 86, p. 121.
  • Terence McInerny, "Manohar", in Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Master Artists of the Imperial Mughal Court, Marg Publications, Bombay, 1991
  • Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. London 1922 No. 9
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.111-1921

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Record createdMay 16, 2013
Record URL
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