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29 septembre 2009

'Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts' @ The Victoria & Albert Museum

The V&A’s autumn exhibition, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts , will be the first to comprehensively explore the world of the maharajas and their extraordinarily rich culture. It will bring together over 250 magnificent objects, many on...

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Tags: India, Maharaja, Victoria and Albert Museum

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28 juin 2009

India. A sandstone head of a Jina. 12th Century and sandstone bust of Vishnu. Uttar Pradesh, 10th Century

An Indian sandstone head of a Jina. 12th Century The well carved face with thin almond shaped eyes under well defined raised eyebrows, with full lips curled in a faint smile, surmounted by tiers of tight curled hair; mounted on a contemporary black base....

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Tags: sandstone, India, 12th Century, Vishnu, 10th Century, Jina, Uttar Pradesh

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20 juin 2009

New acquisitions by the the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Female Figure, ca. 18th - 19th century, South India or Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Ivory with traces of polychromy, semi-precious stones, and wire, 10-1/4 inches tall. (Photo by Katherine Wetzel, © 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts). RICHMOND, VA.-A powerful...

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Tags: India, Théodore Géricault, 18th-19th century, James Prosek, Sallie Lee Blount Mahood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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22 mai 2009

A red sandstone figure of a female deity. W. India, Rajasthan, 10th/11th century.

A red sandstone figure of a female deity. W. India, Rajasthan, 10th/11th century. delicately sculpted and standing in tribhanga upon a lotus flower. Height: 64 cm, 25 inches. Contact the gallery for price asianartresource@aol.com Jonathan Tucker & Antonia...

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Tags: India, 10th-11th century, Rajasthan, female deity, red sandstone

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17 mai 2009

The Nidhika and Pershant Mehta Arts of India Gallery @ The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston

Indian Nagini, 9th century. Sandstone. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; museum purchase with funds provided by "One Great Night in November HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston opens a new permanent gallery in the Caroline Wiess Law Building...

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Tags: India

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12 avril 2009

A rock crystal-hilted dagger. Mughal, India. 18th century

A rock crystal-hilted dagger. Mughal, India. 18th century 41.5 cm. With curving watered steel blade, the hilt carved with floral and foliate decoration on either side, with curving pommel Provenance: Lord McAlpine of West Green, London, 1980s, inventory...

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Tags: 18th century, India, Mughal, dagger, rock crystal-hilted

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12 avril 2009

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century

A gem-set and gold-inlaid jade-hilted dagger. Mughal India. 18th century 39 cm. dagger; 41.5 cm. with scabbard. With curving watered steel blade, the white jade hilt inlaid with floral decoration set with emeralds and rubies; the red velvet-covered scabbard...

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Tags: 18th century, India, Mughal, dagger, gem-set, gold-inlaid, jade-hilted

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7 avril 2009

A prince and his mistress in an erotic embrace on a palace terrace. Deogarh, circa 1830

A prince and his mistress in an erotic embrace on a palace terrace. Deogarh, circa 1830 gouache on paper, framed. 210 x 140 mm. Sold for £1,320 Bonhams. Islamic & Indian Art, 2 Apr 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com (Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793...

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Tags: Gouache, India, 1830, Deogarh, erotic

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4 avril 2009

VMFA Acquires "Spectacular" Picture Scroll From India and 1888 Oil Portrait by "Best Woman Painter in History"

VMFA has acquired a rare 18th- or early-19th-century scroll from the Andhra Pradesh region of India. This detail illustrates the scroll's story of a caste known as the Gaudas, who make and sell an alcoholic toddy from the sap of palmyra trees. (Photo...

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Tags: India, Alexander Jackson Davis, Andhra Pradesh, Doris Ulmann, Gothic Revival

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22 mars 2009

A Mughal Horse-Form Jade Hilted Dagger, India, Circa 18th Century

A Mughal Horse-Form Jade Hilted Dagger, India, Circa 18th Century the slightly curved double-edged watered steel blade with central ridge, the gold overlay at the forte with inscription, the hilt of jade with pommel carved in the form of a horse's head...

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Tags: Jade, 18th century, India, Mughal, dagger, Horse-Form

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