UC Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Indian Miniature Paintings, 1410-1976

Indian Miniature Paintings, 1410-1976

Summary

Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jean and Francis Marshall Collection, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Miniatures (paintings)

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright resides with the Regents of the University of California. For permission to reproduce images from the collection of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, please address inquiries to Rights and Reproductions, fax number: 510-642-4889.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jean and Francis Marshall Collection, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
2120 Oxford Street
#2250
Berkeley, CA 94720-2250, US
Contact:
(510) 642-1437
bampfafilmlibrary@berkeley.edu
Website
Untitled, Matsyavatara, 1675 - 1700
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, beetle thorax casing and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -7/8 x w 7 -5/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

A four-armed Vishnu comes out of the mouth of his incarnation as a fish and a demon in a shell appears dead in the water around him. The four vedas are seen seated on a lotus coming from Vishnu's navel.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, beetle thorax casing and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -7/8 x w 7 -5/8 inches
The jina Nemi, 17 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -7/8 x w 5 -1/2 inches
Other descriptive data:

Flanked by two crowned attendants holding fly whisks the nude blue Nemi stands under tree umbrellas in front of a tree. Two angel like winged figures shower him with white flower petals. In the foreground two figures beat drums flanking a white conch, a symbol of Nemi.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -7/8 x w 5 -1/2 inches
Khambhavati ragini, 1680 - 1700
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -1/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

The four-headed Brahma sits in front of a fire with an attendant holding a fly whisk to the fight and a lady an attendant sits facing him against architecture. Two other ladies are in a garden below the terrace.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -1/8 inches
Untitled, composite camel, 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -7/8 x w 7 -1/2 inches
Other descriptive data:

A lady playing a harp rides a composite camel which is lead by a horned demon.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -7/8 x w 7 -1/2 inches
Shah Shuja and his son Sultan Zaynul-Abidin, 1658
Creators:
Ilyas Khan
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -11/16 x w 11 -1/2 inches
Other descriptive data:

Shah Shuja holding a lance sits on a throne on a platform in the middle of his army facing his son Sultan Zaynul-Abidin, who approaches him.

Summary

Creators:
Ilyas Khan

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -11/16 x w 11 -1/2 inches
Untitled, Shiva and Devi, 1750 - 1775
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -13/16 x w 9 -13/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Shiva with four arms sits on a lotus to the left and Devi also with four arms sits on a lotus to the right on a wide throne. Siva's bull and Devi's tiger are seen below the throne. A parasol is placed over each of the figures.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -13/16 x w 9 -13/16 inches
Lakshmanji, 1780 - 1800
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/8 x w 8 -1/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

A four-armed blue jeweled male figure stands between smaller female figure.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/8 x w 8 -1/16 inches
Story of the Syamantaka gem, 1780 - 1800
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/2 x w 17 -3/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Satrajit is given the gem by the sun at the extreme top left and the sage tells the story in a box at the center top. Satrajit's brother rides out wearing the gem at the left top and is killed by a lion which in turn is killed by the bear Jambavan. Krishna goes out searching for the bodies and then enters the cave of Jambavan at the left bottom and fights him. Krishna recovers the gem and returns to the city at the right with Jambavan's daughter as his bride.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/2 x w 17 -3/16 inches
Untitled, Wedding Scene, 1690
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 14 x w 10 inches
Other descriptive data:

Wedding ceremony taking place under chamiana held up with palm fronds in courtyard with palace building behind. The ride and groom in red and gold walk around the fire with priest in white squatting next to it. Musicians and singers in the foreground and women seated in pavilion on the terrace above.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 14 x w 10 inches
Untitled, three-quarter portrait of a lady, 1680 - 1750
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -3/8 x w 11 -5/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Three-quarter view of a lady with one hand holding jewelry and the other raised to her bust. Set in elaborate gold and colored borders.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -3/8 x w 11 -5/16 inches
Untitled, portrait of a prince with a turban/ Untitled, a portrait of a young man, 1883 - 1890
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -1/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

Sketch of a prince standing at a western style chair wearing an elaborate jeweled turban./ Full length drawing of a young bear-less youth wearing a tight turban and holding a sword in his left hand. Sketch of an elaborate piece of furniture to his left.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -1/4 inches
Young Man Killing a Snake on a Terrace, latter 16 century A.D.
Creators:
Unknown; Mughal School
Custodial history:

Purchased with the aid of funds from the Calvin K. and Doreen Townsend Foundation

Physical facet:
opaque watercolor, ink and goldleaf on paper

Summary

Creators:
Unknown; Mughal School

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased with the aid of funds from the Calvin K. and Doreen Townsend Foundation

Physical facet:
opaque watercolor, ink and goldleaf on paper
Vishnu and Garuda Save the King of the Elephants (Gajendra Maksha), 1660 - 1670
Creators:
Unknown
Custodial history:

Museum purchase

Physical facet:
gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 6 -1/4

Summary

Creators:
Unknown

Background

Custodial history:

Museum purchase

Physical facet:
gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 6 -1/4
Entrance Gate to Taj Mahal, 1820
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -1/4 x w 14
Other descriptive data:

Te gateway to the Taj Mahal

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -1/4 x w 14
Malavi ragini, 1680
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8
Other descriptive data:

A man and a woman embrace in a pavilion while there attendant stands to the side and looks away. Flowering trees beyond the building's roof and a row of flowering sprigs in the foreground.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8
Raja Ratan Sen, Padmavati, and the parrot Hiraman, 1770 - 1790
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 10 -1/2
Other descriptive data:

Ratan Sen and Padmavati sit with the parrot between them in a pavilion.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 10 -1/2
Parshva, first half 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -11/16 x w 5
Other descriptive data:

The green Parshva with a snake hood around his head sitting on a throne held aloft by a fourhanded goddess. The snakes Dharanendra and Padmavati have human figures coming out of their mouths. Against a orange ground set under a white curved arch.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -11/16 x w 5
Maharaja Raja [Gaja] Singh and courtiers, 1747
Creators:
Ustad Abu, son of Hamid, ascribed
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -9/16 x w 9 -3/16
Other descriptive data:

Maharaja Gaja Singh sits against a bolster on a small carpet on a carpeted terrace facing three courtiers who sit facing him. A standing servant and seated courtier are behind him. An elaborate hall to the right and lush vegetation behind the terrace with a garden with a fountain in the foreground.

Summary

Creators:
Ustad Abu, son of Hamid, ascribed

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -9/16 x w 9 -3/16
Asavari ragini, first quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -13/16 x w 6
Other descriptive data:

A blue lady sits in a wild landscape with a snake in one hand and an ankusha (elephant goad made of flowers in the other. Various snakes and birds attend her.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -13/16 x w 6
Krishna and Gopis, 1716
Creators:
Jagannath of Mewar (possibly)
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 x w 8 -11/16

Summary

Creators:
Jagannath of Mewar (possibly)

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 x w 8 -11/16
untitled “Two princes visit an ascetic", 1650 - 1655
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -15/16 x w 8 -1/4
Other descriptive data:

Two princes kneel before a bearded ascetic in front of a hut.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -15/16 x w 8 -1/4
Enthroned jina, early 15- century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/16
Other descriptive data:

A jina sits on a tiered throne surrounded by ten figures, both mendicants and lay people, who adore him. The text is written in gold against a red ground and the entire folio is decorated.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/16
An ascetic and a lady, first quarter 19 century A.D.
Creators:
Svarup Ram
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 8 -3/16
Other descriptive data:

An ascetic sits in front of a small pavilion by a lotus pond facing a lady. A cat and an attendant are in the pavilion and another cat is behind the lady. Distant view of city in background.

Summary

Creators:
Svarup Ram

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 8 -3/16
Untitled, Radha and Krishna by a lotus pond., 1800
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 12
Other descriptive data:

Radha reclines on couch with a gopi at her head while Krishna kneels at the foot, by the side of a lotus pond. Lush vegetation behind them.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 12
Krishna and Balarama take leave of their foster parents, 1686
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -5/12 x w 14 -1/4
Other descriptive data:

Devided into multiple registers on three levels, Krishna and Balarama are seen greeting various figure in the top, embracing various figures in the center and other figures ride off in bullock carts on the bottom

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -5/12 x w 14 -1/4
untitled, ladies on a terrace, 1763
Creators:
Ustad Mahmud
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/8 x w 9 -3/8
Other descriptive data:

Four ladies kneel on a terrace overlooking a lotus pond. One plays a vina-like instrument and another offers something to drink to another.

Summary

Creators:
Ustad Mahmud

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/8 x w 9 -3/8
Untitled, Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshman, 1800 - 1840
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Pounced drawing, ink on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -11/16 x w 8 -1/4
Other descriptive data:

The monkey Hanuman striding on a demon carries small figures of Rama and Lakshman on his shoulders.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Pounced drawing, ink on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -11/16 x w 8 -1/4
Sixteen Lucky Dreams of Queen Shiva, 1625 - 1675
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 x w 11 -7/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

The sixteen lucky dreams of Queen Shiva, Nemi's mother. Arranged in two rows of eight: an elephant, a bull, a lion, Lakshmi, two garlands, the moon, the sun, two fish. A full jar, a pond, an ocean, a throne, a heavenly vehicle, a mansion from the netherworld, a pile of jewels, and a fire.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 x w 11 -7/8 inches
Lustration of Nemi, 1625 - 1675
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 -1/16 x w 11 -5/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

A blue Nemi sits on a stand between two crowned figures who pour water over his head from gold posts. A white crescent shape is beneath them and a zigzag river flows below. At the bottom dancers and musicians flank the stream. At the top to the left other crowned figures hand the water pots to the two who lustrate Nemi. On the right are a group of auspicious symbols.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 -1/16 x w 11 -5/8 inches
A man on an elephant, first quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash, and on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/4 x w 7 -1/2
Other descriptive data:

A man holding an elephant goad sits on an elephant.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash, and on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/4 x w 7 -1/2
Patmanjari ragini, 1740
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/2 x w 5
Other descriptive data:

A lady with her hand to her face sits with an old crone under a canopy on a terrace.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/2 x w 5
Untitled, a lady holds a flask, 1720 - 1730
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 x w 3 -11/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

A standing lady holds a flask and a cup against a green background.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 x w 3 -11/16 inches
Malasri ragini, first half 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 7 -3/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

A lady holding pink lotuses sits on a terrace facing an attendant holding two more.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 11 -1/2 x w 7 -3/8 inches
Untitled, Crowned Shiva with Uma and Nandi, begin to mid 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -5/12
Other descriptive data:

A dressed and crowned Shiva and Uma sit facing each other on a black inlayed platform in a garden divided into squares of flowers. Shiva's bull crouches int he foreground. In the hilly background a small figure sits meditating while another stands and worships the rising sun.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -5/12
A nayak and nayika scene, latter half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -11/16 x w 10 -1/4
Other descriptive data:

The nayak (hero) confronts the nayika (heroine) in a courtyard while walls zigzag to cut the scene into various compartments. A man stands at a doorway in the center and a groom waits with a saddled and bridled horse outside the door.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -11/16 x w 10 -1/4
Untitled, a study of a seated man/ Untitled, a study of a woman, 1825 - 1860
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/8 x w 4 -3/16
Other descriptive data:

A mustachioed man sits with a pink handkerchief in his lap wearing a gold and black. turban/ There is a scribbled drawing of a head with jewels.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/8 x w 4 -3/16
Untitled, Dipak raga, 1700
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -3/8 x w 7 -7/8
Other descriptive data:

Man kneels on a rug before a pavilion with an awning attended by a lady. Lamps are lit in front of him and to the side

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -3/8 x w 7 -7/8
Khambhavati ragini, 1750
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/12 x w 7 -3/4
Other descriptive data:

The four-headed Brahma sits enthroned by a sacrificial fire attended by a lady. The sky is full of stars.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/12 x w 7 -3/4
Untitled, pigsticking, 1650
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -3/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

Two horsemen face each other and one swings a sword at and he other pierces a wild boar. Two dogs attack the animal as well.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -3/8 inches
Maharaja Sher Singh and courtiers, 1841 - 1843
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 x w 11 -9/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Maharaja Sher Singh is seated against a bolster in an elaborate hall with three figures seated facing him, one unlabelled the others labeled Hira Singh and Sucet Singh. Behind the Maharaja sit Dhian Singh [?] and Gulab Singh. An attendant stand above them.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 x w 11 -9/16 inches
Untitled, The Slaying of Ravana and the release of Sita, 1775
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -3/4 x w 15 -5/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Sita is seen in captivity at the top left and Hanuman flies through the air towards the city. At the right, Ravana has been slain and his many heads are scattered. His wives grieve and Rama reassures them. To the left in the foreground Rama and Lakshman greet Sita who is accompanied by crowned monkeys. Other monkeys and bears and a crowned man surround them.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -3/4 x w 15 -5/16 inches
Untitled, Adoration of the Goddess, 1750 - 1760
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 11 -3/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

The goddess sits outside of a hut on a mat with a deer in front of her and five figures approach her from the right. They are the fourheaded Brahma, the blue Vishnu, a mustached figure with a club, a sage (Narada) with a vina, and a young man.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 11 -3/8 inches
Untitled, a Maratha and his wife, first quarter 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/16 x w 8 inches
Other descriptive data:

A man bare to the waist in a dhoti faces his wife wearing what appears to be a nine yard sari with no choli (blouse) against a plain blue background.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/16 x w 8 inches
untitled, Matsyavatara, latter half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 5 -9/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Vishnu emerges from a large white fish with four arms surmounted by a multi headed snake hood. The demon who had stolen the Vedas sits on a shell.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 5 -9/16 inches
Untitled, Buddha, 1970s
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on pipal leaf.
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/2 x w 5 -1/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

Buddha sits in mediation with flowers behind him.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on pipal leaf.
Dimensions:
h 7 -1/2 x w 5 -1/8 inches
Untitled, a prince at a well, 1770
Creators:
Mola Ram (attributed)
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -13/16 x w 7 -3/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

A prince on horseback accepts some water from a pouted vessel offered by one of four ladies standing on the high well. Large tree above the well to the right and distant view of a town nestled up against a hill to the left.

Summary

Creators:
Mola Ram (attributed)

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -13/16 x w 7 -3/4 inches
Untitled, Rustam and the Black demon, 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -5/8 x w 10 -7/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

Rustam on horseback lassoing a large black demon in a rocky landscape.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -5/8 x w 10 -7/8 inches
Battle scene between Krishna and Shiva, 1863
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/16 x w 15 -3/8 inches
Other descriptive data:

Krishna and others in armor and in chariots with an army shoot arrows and a snake weapon towards a host of gods and demons including Shiva on his bull Nandi and with his children the six-headed Karttikeya and the elephant-headed Ganesha.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/16 x w 15 -3/8 inches
Birth of an Asurakumara, latter half 16 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/8 inches

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/8 inches
Universe in the shape of a man, latter half 16 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -1/8 x w 4 -1/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

A human figure in the shape of the loka-akasha (the Jaina universe) stands with colored squares making pyramid shapes above and below his waist which represents the world of man.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -1/8 x w 4 -1/4 inches
Untitled, Ardhanarishvara, first quarter 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 7 -5/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Shiva as half man and half woman sits on a leopard skin under a tree.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/2 x w 7 -5/16 inches
Surajamala-ji, son of Rao Nirandasa, first half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 21 -1/4 x w 8 -5/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Surajamala-ji kneels holding a bow and arrow ready to shoot in a colorful landscape.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 21 -1/4 x w 8 -5/16 inches
Untitled, the churning of the sea of milk., 1700 - 1740
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 -1/8 x w 7 -1/16
Other descriptive data:

A four-armed Vishnu sits on a lotus on top of the pillar like mountain which is placed on the back of the tortoise Kurma in the sea of milk. Using the mountain like a fulcrum and Vishnu's snake as a rope the gods stand to the left and the demons to the right. On the ground above the sea the various products of this churning are arranged.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 -1/8 x w 7 -1/16
Kamoda ragini, 1770
Creators:
Mir Chand, attributed
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -7/8 x w 8 -1/8
Other descriptive data:

An ascetic sits on an animal skin on a rock with a tree behind him.

Summary

Creators:
Mir Chand, attributed

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -7/8 x w 8 -1/8
Untitled, a man drinks from a stream, last quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/12 x w 5 -11/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

A man stands in front of his horse and stoops over to drink from a stream. A tree with squirrels and birds arches into the plain background.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/12 x w 5 -11/16 inches
Untitled, Elephant, 1720 - 1780
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 x w 9
Other descriptive data:

An elephant that has been chained to a post has lifted it out of the ground and hobbles off.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 x w 9
Navab Tarbiyyat Khan, 1680 - 1700
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -11/16 x w 8 inches
Other descriptive data:

Full length portrait of the haloed Navab Tarbiyyat Khan holding a crutch like arm rest.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -11/16 x w 8 inches
The first five of Vishnu's Dasavatara (ten incarnations), begin to mid 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 inches
Other descriptive data:

Contained in foliate arches, Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the Boar), Narasimha (the Man-lion), and Vamana (the dwarf)

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 inches
the second five of Vishnu's Dasavatara (ten incarnations), begin to mid 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 -1/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Contained in foliate arches, the blue Rama with a bow, the yellow Parashurama with an ax, the blue Krishna, the white Balarama, and Kalki mounted on a horse.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 -1/16 inches
The Gods fight Mahishasura, 1830 - 1845
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/8 x w 7 -9/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Numerous gods on their various mounts are arranged on the left confronting a larger group of demons surrounding the demon Mahisha in a golden chariot.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -5/8 x w 7 -9/16 inches
Yantra of Pancanguli, 1425
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on cloth
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/8 x w 9 -3/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

A multi-armed goddess sits in the center of inverted triangles and the center is encircled with text and sacred symbols. At each corner is a horrific god and the nine plants are seen in the spaces at the cardinal points. At the top are palm leaves with an eye to either side and an the bottom a Jaina monk offers obeisance.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on cloth
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/8 x w 9 -3/4 inches
Tipu Sultan, first quarter 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -1/8 x w 11 -13/16 inches
Other descriptive data:

Oval portrait of Tipu Sultan wearing a jeweled turban seated against a bolster.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 15 -1/8 x w 11 -13/16 inches
Dipak raga, 1725 - 1800
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -7/8 x w 9 -1/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

A Man and woman sit in a pavilion on a terrace with lamps arranged before them.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -7/8 x w 9 -1/4 inches
Krishna and Radha, first quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 x w 5 inches
Other descriptive data:

Radha and Krishna stand against a green ground with small gene scenes behind them: a gopa leads cows, a cow nurses her calf, and gopas play near a pond with fish.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions:
h 5 x w 5 inches
A Sikh Carpenter, 1863
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -1/2 x w 7 -7/8
Other descriptive data:

A carpenter sits over a work box and is surrounded by his tools.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -1/2 x w 7 -7/8
Sita restraining horsemen from doing battle with her sons, 1825 - 1875
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 16 -1/4 inches
Other descriptive data:

Sita stands before a horse and confronts a large group of warriors, some mounted and carrying shields.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 16 -1/4 inches
Untitled?, Festival of lights, 1875 - 1925
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -1/8 x w 9 -3/4
Other descriptive data:

Ladies sit on a terrace at night with the distant sky full of fireworks.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 13 -1/8 x w 9 -3/4
Untitled, Vilaval ragini, 1740 - 1760
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -1/2 x w 6 -3/16
Other descriptive data:

A blue skinned lady sits against bolsters in a courtyard while her attendant stands behind her. An elaborate pavilion is in the background.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -1/2 x w 6 -3/16
Untitled, Krishna meets with Radha, 1950 - 1975
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -3/4 x w 7 -1/4
Other descriptive data:

Krishna in a red bower with attendants looks at Radha and other gopis at the edge of a pond.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -3/4 x w 7 -1/4
untitled, Krishna and gopis, 1850 - 1900
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -3/16 x w 8 -7/8
Other descriptive data:

Krishna dressed in white gestures towards a standing woman holding a stringed instrument. Three ladies with instruments stand behind him. The group is backed by tress and there is a pond with lotuses and egrets in the foreground.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -3/16 x w 8 -7/8
Untitled, a prince at a well, 1850 - 1900
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/8 x w 8 -5/8
Other descriptive data:

A prince mounted on a horse accepts some water from a lady who stands with three other woman at a well. Distant view of white screened wall in the background and two huntsmen with deer and a hunting falcon int he foreground.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -1/8 x w 8 -5/8
Sarmad, the Mystic, late 17 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 x w 8 -5/12
Other descriptive data:

Saint naked to the waist, wearing a red lower garment, sits in niche reading,

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 x w 8 -5/12
untitled, Krishna with gopis., 1840 - 1900
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -11/16 x w 12
Other descriptive data:

Krishna sits in a bower seated on a chair surrounded by gopis while the haloed Radha stands on a terrace with others.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -11/16 x w 12
untitled, The emperor Alamgir [Aurangzeb], first half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 11 x w 7 -15/16
Other descriptive data:

Bust portrait of the haloed Emperor Alamgir (r. 1658-1707) holding a turban jewel against a dark background. Framed with elaborate borders.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 11 x w 7 -15/16
Untitled, Krishna with attendants, first quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/16 x w 5 -1/2
Other descriptive data:

Krishna sits under a tree with an attendant holding a fly-whisk behind him as another figure offers him a pot.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 -1/16 x w 5 -1/2
untitled, Ahmad Shah on throne, first quarter 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
Other descriptive data:

The Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah (r. 1748-1754) seated on throne with attendant to either side. Mounted in decorated borders in gold.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
untitled, Enthroned ruler, 1875 - 1900
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
Other descriptive data:

Ruler seated on a throne in elaborate garden setting with three attendants. elaborate gold floral border, with some color added.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
untitled, Akbar in a Hunting tent, latter half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/16 x w 9
Other descriptive data:

Akbar stands in a tent with a falcon on his arm attended by three men and three small children painted in diminished scale.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/16 x w 9
untitled “Princess, attendants, and yogini", latter half 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 9 -15/16 x w 6 -1/8
Other descriptive data:

A princess sits against a bolster flanked by two attendants opposite a yogini playing a vina.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Dimensions:
h 9 -15/16 x w 6 -1/8
untitled, Krishna with Gopis, 1780 - 1810
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -3/8
Other descriptive data:

Krishna sports with gopis outside a pavilion with a row of trees and a stormy sky behind them. Elaborate foliate borders.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -3/8
Kedara ragini, 1750 - 1770
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -3/8 x w 10 -1/16
Other descriptive data:

Ascetic meets with a prince between two pavilions. Musician and horse with groom in the foreground.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 12 -3/8 x w 10 -1/16
Kansa, the king of Mathura orders demons into his presence, early 17 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -5/16 x w 7 -1/2
Other descriptive data:

The king Kamsa sits in a pavilion with a lady holding a fly-whick behind him and greets a mendicant. Outside stand four fanciful demons.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -5/16 x w 7 -1/2
Desaberari ragini, 1730
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -11/16
Other descriptive data:

Courtier with a lady who turns from him sit in a pavilion with steps going up its side to the roof.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -11/16
Fourteen lucky dreams, latter half 15- century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/12 x w 10 -5/16
Other descriptive data:

Divided into three registers, Queen Trishala dreams of fourteen things which are depicted in the space to the right of her and in rows in the two other registers.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -5/12 x w 10 -5/16
Karnati ragini, 1680 - 1700
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 8 -1/16
Other descriptive data:

Karnati sits playing a stringed instrument facing another female musician playing another stringed instrument. A attendant stands to the right holding a fly-whisk.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 7 -3/4 x w 8 -1/16
Untitled, Shiva's family, 1730
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -7/8 x w 8 -5/12
Other descriptive data:

Shiva sits on a tiger skin in a cave and Parvati kneels before him with her hands in namaskar. A red colored Ganesha stands behind her holding a fly-whisk. In the foreground Shiva's bull, Nandi< and Parvati's tiger recline against green grounds encircled by rock split in the center to let the water [the river Ganges] flow from Shiva's locks.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -7/8 x w 8 -5/12
Untitled, Krishna kills an enemy, early 17 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -11/16
Other descriptive data:

To the left, Krishna drawing a bow stands before a large golden bird (Garuda?). Balarama and another figure with a bow stand above Krishna and the bird. To the right a chariot with a horse dead in its traces and two dead bodies in he center and one with a severed head to the far right. In the middle a dying crowned demon who has had most of his many arms shot off by Krishna still raises his last one in defiance.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -11/16
Thakur Sangram Singh, first quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
Usta[d] Isa, ascribed
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/8 x w 6 -5/12
Other descriptive data:

The Thakur sits on a terrace smoking a hookah with a pot of betel leaves before him and a sword and shield arranged below him in the foreground. Flowering sprigs are seen over the balcony framing the figure of the man.

Summary

Creators:
Usta[d] Isa, ascribed

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/8 x w 6 -5/12
Untitled, Shuja-ud-daula, Navab of Oudh, 1774 - 1785
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 x w 5 -3/4
Other descriptive data:

Shuja-ud-daula stands with one hand hanging down. A second study for the hand is to the side as is a study for his right hand holding a sword hilt.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 8 x w 5 -3/4
Untitled, ladies on a terrace, 1780 - 1830
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/12 x w 7 -1/8
Other descriptive data:

Four ladies play a board game on a terrace against an elaborately decorated pavilion with an awning. Small tables with perfumes and fruits surround them.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 -5/12 x w 7 -1/8
untitled, Historical page, 1630 - 1650
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -3/16 x w 7 -3/8
Other descriptive data:

Courtiers in a landscape looking to the proper left.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -3/16 x w 7 -3/8
Maharaja Kishore Das of Sivapur, 1730 - 1760
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -11/16
Other descriptive data:

Kishore Das sits against a bolster with a smaller one at his side all of the same pattern as the carper. He holds prayer beads in his right hand and a flower in his upraised left hand. His sword and shield lie in the foreground and an attendant stands behind him apparently on the other side of the terrace.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 x w 8 -11/16
Untitled, a girl smokes a hookah, last quarter 18 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 x w 4 -3/16
Other descriptive data:

A girl sits in a chair smoking a hookah on a terrace with vegetation behind the terrace.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 6 x w 4 -3/16
Untitled, A Sage teaches and a depiction of a fable, 15 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -11/16 x w 11 -5/16
Other descriptive data:

The register to the left has a sage teaching to three smaller figures placed in two registers. The register to the right has birds arranged around a flowering tree.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
h 4 -11/16 x w 11 -5/16
Parashurama and Bharata's visit/ Rama meets Viradha, Ari and Anusya, begin to mid 19 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 2 -7/8 x w 16 -1/16
Other descriptive data:

Rama fights Parashurama while Sita and Lakshman stand behind him on the left and Bharata visits Rama, Lakshman and Sita on a hill to the right./ Rama fights Viradha dressed in armor with Sita and Lakshman behind him on the left and Rama and Sita (both seated) meet Atri and Anusya on the right.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall

Physical facet:
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
Dimensions:
h 2 -7/8 x w 16 -1/16
Solomon's throne/ Untiled, Decorative chapter heading, 17 century A.D.
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/4 x w 6 -15/16
Other descriptive data:

Solomon sits on his throne in discussion with a holy man and surrounded by attendants and animals./ Three columns of nastaliq text with an illuminated heading above, surrounded by decorated border.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
h 11 -1/4 x w 6 -15/16
Shah Jahan striking a lion, 1680
Creators:
unknown, India
Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 x w 8
Other descriptive data:

As a lion mauls a man Shah Jahan raises a sword to kill the lion who has a man's head in its mouth. Another man spears the lion, a third draws his sword, while a fourth falls back and a fifth runs away.

Summary

Creators:
unknown, India

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall

Physical facet:
ink and color wash on paper
Dimensions:
h 9 x w 8