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An album of 67 paintings depicting Hindu deities and other figures from Hindu mythology South India, probably Tanjore, 1820s image 1
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An album of 67 paintings depicting Hindu deities and other figures from Hindu mythology
South India, probably Tanjore, 1820s

Islamic and Indian Art
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An album of 67 paintings depicting Hindu deities and other figures from Hindu mythology
South India, probably Tanjore, 1820s

watercolours on paper, many with watermark 1823, nine with 1824, front flyleaf inscribed Ann Hunt, 16th of 4th mo. 1826, marbled covers
album 235 x 195 mm.

Footnotes

For this type of South Indian paintings, with their often highly unusual and striking mythological subjects, see in general A. L. Dallapiccola, South Indian Paintings: a catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London 2010.

For particular examples, often identical to those in our album, and for comparisons in both subject-matter and style, see (in particular): Chandra on a large horse-drawn chariot (p. 36, cat. 2.9); an unusual form of Parvati with five heads (p. 34, no. 2.3); Kiratamurti and Arjuna (pp. 46-47, no. 3.25); the goddess Mariamann (pp. 54-55, no. 3.63); Nammalvar or Ramanuja, saints (p. 83, no. 5.40); the dramatic portrayal of Vishnu's chakra killing a rakshasa (p. 52, no. 3.50); the energetic and violent portrayal of Kannappa Nayanmar, with Siva's arm emerging from his lingam (p. 107, no. 7.25); and for examples of the monochrome pen and ink drawings found in our album, see pp. 55-73, no. 4 (an album of ninety-nine mythological drawings).

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