Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Blessings needed, leaving #NewDelhi #Delhi for an important engagement.
BTW, in #India & #IndianSubContinent & parts of #WestAsia, Elders still Bless the Younger by Patting on their Heads like in this 1692 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting by Ibrahim from #Bikaner #Rajasthan now at #TheMetropolitanMuseum #USA.
'A Lady & her Duenna', a page from a dispersed Rasikapriya (Lovers Breviary).
#IndianCulture #IndianHeritage #Art #Paintings #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Painting
#newdelhi #delhi #india #IndianSubContinent #westasia #rajput #Rajasthani #IndianMiniaturePainting #bikaner #rajasthan #themetropolitanmuseum #usa #IndianCulture #indianheritage #art #paintings #history #heritage #IndianHistory #painting
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Lot no 27.
Last of the #CompanyPaintings from the Carlton Rochelle Collection auctioned by Sotheby's on 27th Oct 2021.
c1825 AD #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India or South East Asia of 'A Mango (Magnifera Foetida) & a Plantain (Musa Balbisiana)'.
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between #Indian & #Straits schools of #Art as it is in this case.
#DoYouKnow Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London boasts nearly One Million Herbarium Species from the #IndianSubContinent
#History #Heritage
#companypaintings #CompanySchool #paintings #india #indian #straits #art #doyouknow #IndianSubContinent #history #heritage
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
52 followers · 75 posts · Server mastodon.socialLot no 27.
Last of the #CompanyPaintings from the Carlton Rochelle Collection auctioned by Sotheby's on 27th Oct 2021.
c1825 AD #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India or South East Asia of 'A Mango (Magnifera Foetida) & a Plantain (Musa Balbisiana).
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between #Indian & #Chinese or #Straits schools of #Art as it is in this case.
#DoYouKnow Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London today boasts nearly One Million Herbarium Species from the #IndianSubContinent
#companypaintings #CompanySchool #paintings #india #indian #chinese #straits #art #doyouknow #IndianSubContinent
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 25.
'Branches of the Banyan (Ficus Benghalensis) & Sal (Shorea Robusta) Trees'.
Native trees of #India & #Pakistan in #IndianSubContinent
c1775 #CompanyPaintings on papers watermarked 'Portal & Bridges' & 'GR (Georgius Rex)'.
These #Paintings are part of the 118 #ArtWorks from the collection of George Byng, 6th Viscount 6th Earl of Torrington who acquired them around 1815 AD.
Such #Art was encountered by the #EastIndiaCompany
#india #pakistan #IndianSubContinent #companypaintings #paintings #artworks #art #eastindiacompany #painting #heritage #history #CompanySchool
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
52 followers · 73 posts · Server mastodon.socialLot no 25.
'Branches of the Banyan (Ficus Benghalensis) & Sal (Shorea Robusta) Trees'.
Native trees of #India & #Pakistan in #IndianSubContinent
c1775 #CompanyPaintings on papers watermarked 'Portal & Bridges' & 'GR (Georgius Rex)'.
These #Paintings are part of the 118 #ArtWorks from the collection of George Byng, 6th Viscount 6th Earl of Torrington who acquired then around 1815 AD.
Such #Art was encountered by the #EastIndiaCompany
#india #pakistan #IndianSubContinent #companypaintings #paintings #artworks #art #eastindiacompany #painting #heritage #history #CompanySchool
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 17.
'A White Stork (Ciconia Ciconia) in a Landscape'
c1800 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #CompanySchool of #Art
Estimated: £60,000-80,000.
A #Migratory #Bird, this Stork has a passage through #India during the #WinterSeason & can be found in the Northwest and South of the #IndianSubContinent
Not to be confused with the Open Bill Stork (see Lot no 5 #Painting), this #MigratoryBird can reach between 100-125 centimetres.
#CompanyPainting #lucknow #uttarpradesh #CompanySchool #art #migratory #bird #india #WinterSeason #IndianSubContinent #painting #migratorybird #eastindiacompany #paintings #heritage #history
Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Lot no 5 of the Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India sold by Sotheby's.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitans).
c1780 #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh
Estimated between £60,000-80,000.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
Made for an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple
#CompanySchool #paintings #india #CompanyPainting #lucknow #uttarpradesh #bird #IndianSubContinent #eastindiacompany #forgottenmasters #wallacemuseum #WilliamDalrymple
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Lot no 5.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitana)'.
c1780 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #India.
Estimated between£60,000-80,000.
Identified in #Persian #Nastaliq script lower left as 'Ghunghal'.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
This #Painting was made under the patronage of an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple
#CompanyPainting #lucknow #india #persian #Nastaliq #bird #IndianSubContinent #painting #eastindiacompany #forgottenmasters #wallacemuseum #WilliamDalrymple