Painting
1628-1656 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, two very small studies of aged figures, a man (right) and a woman (left), are mounted facing each other on a sheet with later decoration. On the right, a flowering plant ( possibly 18th century) is contained within a vertical cartouche; an identical cartouche contains a Persian inscription identifying the woman as Ruba'i Basri and the man as Junayd. There is also a hijri date, 980, which seems implausible. It could conceivably also have been changed from 1080, 1669-1670, which seems equally unlikely.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, two studies of old age, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, probably 1628-1656 (period of Shah Jahan) |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, two very small studies of aged figures, a man (right) and a woman (left), are mounted facing each other on a sheet with later decoration. On the right, a flowering plant ( possibly 18th century) is contained within a vertical cartouche; an identical cartouche contains a Persian inscription identifying the woman as Ruba'i Basri and the man as Junayd. There is also a hijri date, 980, which seems implausible. It could conceivably also have been changed from 1080, 1669-1670, which seems equally unlikely. |
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| Content description | Two very small studies of aged figures, a man (right) and a woman (left), are mounted facing each other on a sheet with later decoration. On the right, a flowering plant (possibly 18th century) is contained within a vertical cartouche; an identical cartouche contains a Persian inscription identifying the woman as Ruba'i Basri and the man as Junayd. There is also a hijri date, 980, which seems implausible. It could conceivably also have been changed from 1080, 1669-1670, which seems equally unlikely. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir Robert Nathan, K.C.S.I., C.I.E |
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| Bibliographic reference | STRONGE, Susan. Painting for the Mughal Emperor: The Art of the Book 1560 – 1660 London : V&A Publications, 2002. 192p, ill. ISBN 1 85177 358 4.
p. 103, pl. 69 |
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| Accession number | IM.254-1921 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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