Drawing
early 17th century (made)
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Drawing in pen and ink on paper, depicting a bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together. The border has animals and plants in gold with calligraphy in white within cartouches.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawn in ink on paper; gold leaf on border |
| Brief description | Drawing, ascetic beneath tree with later ascription to Nanha in black ink in lower margin, ink on paper with gold-decorated margins and calligraphy in white within cartouches, Mughal, c. 1620-50 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pen and ink on paper, depicting a bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together. The border has animals and plants in gold with calligraphy in white within cartouches. |
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| Content description | A bearded long-haired ascetic seated under a tree, before whom a devotee kneels with hands raised together. |
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| Bibliographic reference | In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.)
p. 171, cat. no. 268 |
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| Accession number | IS.229-1951 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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