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Album Page

first half 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Mir 'Ali (maker)
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)

Panel of calligraphy framed by cut-out small pieces of paper with calligraphy, all illuminated in opaque water colour and gold. The Mughal borders are of indigo-dyed paper, painted with gold floral decoration.

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read The arts of the Mughal Empire The great age of Mughal art lasted from about 1580 to 1650 and spanned the reigns of three emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Hindu and Muslim artists and craftsmen from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent worked with Iranian masters in the masculine environment of the r...

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Calligraphy
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Album page
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Gold
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Panel of calligraphy written in ink on paper, illuminated with gold and opaque water colour; pasted onto a page with indigo-dyed borders painted with gold floral decoration.
Physical description
Panel of calligraphy framed by cut-out small pieces of paper with calligraphy, all illuminated in opaque water colour and gold. The Mughal borders are of indigo-dyed paper, painted with gold floral decoration.
Dimensions
  • Folio height: 38.9cm
  • Folio width: 26.3cm
Half Imperial Mount (Portrait)
Content description
Calligraphy panel, with floral border and decoration.
Style
Mughal
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lady Wantage
Object history
Part of the bequest of the Right Honourable Harriet Sarah Baroness Wantage, of Locking House, Wantage Berks, widow of the first and last Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B., V.D.

R.P. 1920-8342, 1920-5869, 1921-3081, 1921-177
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Calligraphy
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 168, pl. 132
  • The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950] p. 156, cat. no. 703
  • 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. 10
  • Irwin, John, C., A Brief Guide to Indian Art, H.M.S.O. 1962 fig. 13
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.134A-1921

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Record createdJuly 2, 2010
Record URL
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