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Drawing

mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rajasthan (made)

Brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a phoenix or simurgh, and two other mythical birds.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Drawn with brush in ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Painted
Drawn
Brief description
Brush drawing, phoenix, ink on paper, Rajasthan, mid 19th century
Physical description
Brush drawing in ink on paper, depicting a phoenix or simurgh, and two other mythical birds.
Dimensions
  • Image; also absolute minimum dimensions of object height: 218mm
  • Image; also absolute minimum dimensions of object width: 221mm
01/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project; not possible to accurately measure object on that date as attached to mount
Content description
A phoenix or simurgh, and two other mythical birds.
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
Birds
Phoenix
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.400-1952

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O433642/drawing-unknown/
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