Not on display

Painting

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

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, calligraphy panel by Mir 'Ali of Herat, border and decoration Mughal.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Calligraphy
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, calligraphy panel by Mir 'Ali of Herat, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, border and decoration Mughal, first half 17th century
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, calligraphy panel by Mir 'Ali of Herat, border and decoration Mughal.
Dimensions
  • Portrait only, excluding all framing borders height: 13.5cm
  • Painting only, excluding all framing borders width: 6.4cm
  • Page height: 38.8cm
  • Page width: 26.1cm
Half Imperial Mount (Portrait)
Content description
Calligraphy panel.
Styles
Mughal Court
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
Subject depicted
Calligraphy
Bibliographic references
  • Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal emperor. The art of the book 1560-1650, V&A Publications, London 2002, plate 88, page 123.
  • 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. 154, cat. no. 690
  • 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. 13
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.118A-1921

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Record createdMay 17, 2013
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