Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kishangarh (made)
Rajasthan (made)

Brush drawing, in ink on paper, tinted, depicting an ascetic on a raft approaching a state barge on a river. Nearby, hunters attack a simurgh and a sea monster.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Paintings
Myths & Legends
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with a brush in ink on paper, tinted. The ink is made up of lamp-black with water and a gum binder, usually gum arabic (hardened tree sap)
Ink
Paper
Wash
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Brush drawing, ascetic on a raft, in ink on paper, tinted, Rajasthan, possibly Kishangarh, late 18th century.
Physical description
Brush drawing, in ink on paper, tinted, depicting an ascetic on a raft approaching a state barge on a river. Nearby, hunters attack a simurgh and a sea monster.
Dimensions
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object height: 277mm (absolute maximum (object))
  • Cardboard mount to which object attached; also absolute maximum dimension of object width: 180mm (absolute maximum (object))
08/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; not possible to accurately measure whole object due to the way in which it is mounted.
Content description
An ascetic on a raft approaching a state barge on a river. Nearby hunters attack a simurgh and a sea monster.
Style
Rajasthani
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson collection.
Subjects depicted
Sea Monster
Raft
Ascetic
Boats
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.391-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433580/drawing-unknown/
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