Indian Miniature Paintings
1410-1976
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Indian Miniature Paintings
1410-1976
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
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- Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive staff
- Date Completed:
- 1/10/2003
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© 2003 The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Indian Miniature Paintings
Date (inclusive): 1410-1976
Repository:
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Indexing Term(s)
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Miniatures (paintings)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
India
Untitled, Matsyavatara
1675 - 1700 1998.42.115
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, beetle thorax casing and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Basohli
h 7 -7/8 x w 7 -5/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
The jina Nemi
17 century A.D. 1998.42.2.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bundi, sub-style
h 10 -7/8 x w 5 -1/2 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Khambhavati ragini
1680 - 1700 1998.42.27
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Amber
h 11 x w 8 -1/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, composite camel
18 century A.D. 1998.42.37
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Eastern India, Murshidabad
h 9 -7/8 x w 7 -1/2 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A lady playing a harp rides a composite camel which is lead by a horned demon.
Shah Shuja and his son Sultan Zaynul-Abidin
1658 1998.42.48
Creator/Collector:
Ilyas Khan
Physical Description:
Painting
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
India, Mughal, Eastern India
h 15 -11/16 x w 11 -1/2 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Shiva and Devi
1750 - 1775 1998.42.67
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Jammu or Kashmir
h 11 -13/16 x w 9 -13/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Lakshmanji
1780 - 1800 1998.42.90
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Karnataka, Mysore
h 11 -5/8 x w 8 -1/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A four-armed blue jeweled male figure stands between smaller female figure.
Story of the Syamantaka gem
1780 - 1800 1998.42.103
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Central India, Datia
h 12 -1/2 x w 17 -3/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Wedding Scene
1690 1998.42.13
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 14 x w 10 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, three-quarter portrait of a lady
1680 - 1750 1999.38.7
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Mughal, Delhi
h 15 -3/8 x w 11 -5/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, portrait of a prince with a turban/ Untitled, a portrait of a young man
1883 - 1890 1998.42.153.a-b
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink and color wash on paper
India, Rajasthan, Company School
h 11 x w 8 -1/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Young Man Killing a Snake on a Terrace
latter 16 century A.D. 1973.11
Creator/Collector:
Unknown; Mughal School
Physical Description:
Drawing
opaque watercolor, ink and goldleaf on paper
India
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Purchased with the aid of funds from the Calvin K. and Doreen Townsend Foundation
Vishnu and Garuda Save the King of the Elephants (Gajendra Maksha)
1660 - 1670 1974.6
Creator/Collector:
Unknown
Physical Description:
Painting
gouache on paper
India
h 8 -1/2 x w 6 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Museum purchase
Entrance Gate to Taj Mahal
1820 1998.42.102
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
Ink and color wash on paper
India, Delhi-Agra, Company School
h 10 -1/4 x w 14
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Te gateway to the Taj Mahal
Malavi ragini
1680 1998.42.116
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
h 11 x w 8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Raja Ratan Sen, Padmavati, and the parrot Hiraman
1770 - 1790 1998.42.118
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
h 11 -1/2 x w 10 -1/2
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Ratan Sen and Padmavati sit with the parrot between them in a pavilion.
Parshva
first half 19 century A.D. 1998.42.128
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Mewar
h 6 -11/16 x w 5
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Maharaja Raja [Gaja] Singh and courtiers
1747 1998.42.158
Creator/Collector:
Ustad Abu, son of Hamid, ascribed
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 13 -9/16 x w 9 -3/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Asavari ragini
first quarter 18 century A.D. 1998.42.177
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bundi
h 8 -13/16 x w 6
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Krishna and Gopis
1716 1998.42.215
Creator/Collector:
Jagannath of Mewar (possibly)
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Mewar
h 10 x w 8 -11/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
untitled “Two princes visit an ascetic"
1650 - 1655 1998.42.3
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Mughal, Delhi-Agra
h 11 -15/16 x w 8 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Two princes kneel before a bearded ascetic in front of a hut.
Enthroned jina
early 15- century A.D. 1998.42.42
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Early Western Indian Style, Gujarat-Rajasthan
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
An ascetic and a lady
first quarter 19 century A.D. 1998.42.43
Creator/Collector:
Svarup Ram
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Mewar, sub-style
h 11 -1/2 x w 8 -3/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
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.
Untitled, Radha and Krishna by a lotus pond.
1800 1998.42.46
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh
h 7 -3/4 x w 12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Krishna and Balarama take leave of their foster parents
1686 1998.42.70
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Central India, Malwa
h 7 -5/12 x w 14 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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
untitled, ladies on a terrace
1763 1998.42.84
Creator/Collector:
Ustad Mahmud
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 12 -5/8 x w 9 -3/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Four ladies kneel on a terrace overlooking a lotus pond. One plays a vina-like instrument and another offers something to
drink to another.
Untitled, Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshman
1800 - 1840 1998.42.93
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
Pounced drawing, ink on paper
India, Punjab Hills
h 9 -11/16 x w 8 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
The monkey Hanuman striding on a demon carries small figures of Rama and Lakshman on his shoulders.
Sixteen Lucky Dreams of Queen Shiva
1625 - 1675 1998.42.104.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Marwar
h 5 x w 11 -7/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Lustration of Nemi
1625 - 1675 1998.42.104.2
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Gujarat-Rajasthan, Early Western Indian Style
h 5 -1/16 x w 11 -5/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
A man on an elephant
first quarter 18 century A.D. 1998.42.105
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
Ink and color wash, and on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kotah
h 6 -1/4 x w 7 -1/2
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A man holding an elephant goad sits on an elephant.
Patmanjari ragini
1740 1998.42.117
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh
h 7 -1/2 x w 5
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A lady with her hand to her face sits with an old crone under a canopy on a terrace.
Untitled, a lady holds a flask
1720 - 1730 1998.42.121
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 6 x w 3 -11/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A standing lady holds a flask and a cup against a green background.
Malasri ragini
first half 19 century A.D. 1998.42.135
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
h 11 -1/2 x w 7 -3/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A lady holding pink lotuses sits on a terrace facing an attendant holding two more.
Untitled, Crowned Shiva with Uma and Nandi
begin to mid 19 century A.D. 1998.42.137
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra/Guler
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -5/12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
A nayak and nayika scene
latter half 18 century A.D. 1998.42.149
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra
h 8 -11/16 x w 10 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, a study of a seated man/ Untitled, a study of a woman
1825 - 1860 1998.42.151.a-b
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
India, Karnataka, Mysore
h 7 -1/8 x w 4 -3/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Dipak raga
1700 1998.42.167
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 10 -3/8 x w 7 -7/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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
Khambhavati ragini
1750 1998.42.179
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Andhra Pradesh, Golconda
h 11 -5/12 x w 7 -3/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
The four-headed Brahma sits enthroned by a sacrificial fire attended by a lady. The sky is full of stars.
Untitled, pigsticking
1650 1998.42.196
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Savar
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -3/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Maharaja Sher Singh and courtiers
1841 - 1843 1998.42.208
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Punjab, Sikh, Lahore
h 9 x w 11 -9/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, The Slaying of Ravana and the release of Sita
1775 1998.42.40
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
Ink and color wash on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra
h 10 -3/4 x w 15 -5/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Adoration of the Goddess
1750 - 1760 1998.42.57
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Guler
h 8 -1/2 x w 11 -3/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, a Maratha and his wife
first quarter 19 century A.D. 1998.42.77
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Tamilnad, Tanjore
h 11 -1/16 x w 8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
untitled, Matsyavatara
latter half 18 century A.D. 1998.42.82
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
India, Punjab Hills or Kashmir
h 7 -3/4 x w 5 -9/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Buddha
1970s 1998.42.89
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on pipal leaf.
India, Bombay
h 7 -1/2 x w 5 -1/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Buddha sits in mediation with flowers behind him.
Untitled, a prince at a well
1770 1998.42.91
Creator/Collector:
Mola Ram (attributed)
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Garhwal
h 10 -13/16 x w 7 -3/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Rustam and the Black demon
18 century A.D. 1998.42.96
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Kashmir
h 8 -5/8 x w 10 -7/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Rustam on horseback lassoing a large black demon in a rocky landscape.
Battle scene between Krishna and Shiva
1863 1998.42.97
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Garhwal
h 12 -1/16 x w 15 -3/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Birth of an Asurakumara
latter half 16 century A.D. 1998.42.99.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
h 4 -5/16 x w 10 -1/8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Universe in the shape of a man
latter half 16 century A.D. 1998.42.99.2
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
h 10 -1/8 x w 4 -1/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Ardhanarishvara
first quarter 19 century A.D. 1999.15.10
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra
h 8 -1/2 x w 7 -5/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
Shiva as half man and half woman sits on a leopard skin under a tree.
Surajamala-ji, son of Rao Nirandasa
first half 18 century A.D. 1999.15.11.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Devgarh
h 21 -1/4 x w 8 -5/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
Surajamala-ji kneels holding a bow and arrow ready to shoot in a colorful landscape.
Untitled, the churning of the sea of milk.
1700 - 1740 1999.15.13
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Chamba or Mandi
h 5 -1/8 x w 7 -1/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
Kamoda ragini
1770 1999.15.14
Creator/Collector:
Mir Chand, attributed
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Eastern India, Lucknow
h 6 -7/8 x w 8 -1/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
An ascetic sits on an animal skin on a rock with a tree behind him.
Untitled, a man drinks from a stream
last quarter 18 century A.D. 1999.15.15
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Andhra Pradesh, Kurnool
h 9 -5/12 x w 5 -11/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Elephant
1720 - 1780 1999.15.16
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
Ink, color wash, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bundi
h 8 x w 9
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
An elephant that has been chained to a post has lifted it out of the ground and hobbles off.
Navab Tarbiyyat Khan
1680 - 1700 1999.15.19
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh or Mughal
h 11 -11/16 x w 8 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
Full length portrait of the haloed Navab Tarbiyyat Khan holding a crutch like arm rest.
The first five of Vishnu's Dasavatara (ten incarnations)
begin to mid 19 century A.D. 1999.15.20.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
India, Eastern India, Orissa
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
Contained in foliate arches, Matsya (the fish), Kurma (the tortoise), Varaha (the Boar), Narasimha (the Man-lion), and Vamana
(the dwarf)
the second five of Vishnu's Dasavatara (ten incarnations)
begin to mid 19 century A.D. 1999.15.20.2
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
India, Eastern India, Orissa
h 1 -9/16 x w 11 -1/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
The Gods fight Mahishasura
1830 - 1845 1999.15.22
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Karnataka, Mysore
h 11 -5/8 x w 7 -9/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
Yantra of Pancanguli
1425 1999.15.24
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on cloth
India, Gujarat-Rajasthan, Early Western Indian Style
h 9 -5/8 x w 9 -3/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
Tipu Sultan
first quarter 19 century A.D. 1999.15.25
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Karnataka, Mysore
h 15 -1/8 x w 11 -13/16 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
Oval portrait of Tipu Sultan wearing a jeweled turban seated against a bolster.
Dipak raga
1725 - 1800 1999.15.2
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Eastern India, Oudh
h 13 -7/8 x w 9 -1/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
A Man and woman sit in a pavilion on a terrace with lamps arranged before them.
Krishna and Radha
first quarter 18 century A.D. 1999.15.5
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, gold, and silver on paper
India, Rajasthan, Mewar
h 5 x w 5 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
A Sikh Carpenter
1863 1998.42.14
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink and color wash on paper
India, Punjab, Sikh
h 9 -1/2 x w 7 -7/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A carpenter sits over a work box and is surrounded by his tools.
Sita restraining horsemen from doing battle with her sons
1825 - 1875 1998.42.166
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Maharashtra, Paithan
h 11 x w 16 -1/4 inches
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Sita stands before a horse and confronts a large group of warriors, some mounted and carrying shields.
Untitled?, Festival of lights
1875 - 1925 1998.42.180
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Eastern India, Lucknow
h 13 -1/8 x w 9 -3/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Ladies sit on a terrace at night with the distant sky full of fireworks.
Untitled, Vilaval ragini
1740 - 1760 1998.42.182.2
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 9 -1/2 x w 6 -3/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A blue skinned lady sits against bolsters in a courtyard while her attendant stands behind her. An elaborate pavilion is
in the background.
Untitled, Krishna meets with Radha
1950 - 1975 1998.42.191
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India,
h 11 -3/4 x w 7 -1/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Krishna in a red bower with attendants looks at Radha and other gopis at the edge of a pond.
untitled, Krishna and gopis
1850 - 1900 1998.42.192
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
h 12 -3/16 x w 8 -7/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, a prince at a well
1850 - 1900 1998.42.193
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
h 12 -1/8 x w 8 -5/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Sarmad, the Mystic
late 17 century A.D. 1998.42.197
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Mughal, Delhi-Agra
h 12 x w 8 -5/12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Saint naked to the waist, wearing a red lower garment, sits in niche reading,
untitled, Krishna with gopis.
1840 - 1900 1998.42.198
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
h 8 -11/16 x w 12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Krishna sits in a bower seated on a chair surrounded by gopis while the haloed Radha stands on a terrace with others.
untitled, The emperor Alamgir [Aurangzeb]
first half 18 century A.D. 1998.42.199
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
India, Mughal, Delhi-Agra
h 11 x w 7 -15/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Bust portrait of the haloed Emperor Alamgir (r. 1658-1707) holding a turban jewel against a dark background. Framed with
elaborate borders.
Untitled, Krishna with attendants
first quarter 18 century A.D. 1998.42.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Mankot
h 8 -1/16 x w 5 -1/2
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Krishna sits under a tree with an attendant holding a fly-whisk behind him as another figure offers him a pot.
untitled, Ahmad Shah on throne
first quarter 19 century A.D. 1998.42.200
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Eastern India, Lucknow
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
The Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah (r. 1748-1754) seated on throne with attendant to either side. Mounted in decorated borders
in gold.
untitled, Enthroned ruler
1875 - 1900 1998.42.201
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Delhi?
h 12 -5/16 x w 7 -15/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Ruler seated on a throne in elaborate garden setting with three attendants. elaborate gold floral border, with some color
added.
untitled, Akbar in a Hunting tent
latter half 18 century A.D. 1998.42.202
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Mughal, Delhi-Agra
h 10 -5/16 x w 9
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Akbar stands in a tent with a falcon on his arm attended by three men and three small children painted in diminished scale.
untitled “Princess, attendants, and yogini"
latter half 18 century A.D. 1998.42.203
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
India, Mughal, Delhi-Agra
h 9 -15/16 x w 6 -1/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A princess sits against a bolster flanked by two attendants opposite a yogini playing a vina.
untitled, Krishna with Gopis
1780 - 1810 1998.42.205
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 11 x w 8 -3/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Krishna sports with gopis outside a pavilion with a row of trees and a stormy sky behind them. Elaborate foliate borders.
Kedara ragini
1750 - 1770 1998.42.206
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur
h 12 -3/8 x w 10 -1/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Ascetic meets with a prince between two pavilions. Musician and horse with groom in the foreground.
Kansa, the king of Mathura orders demons into his presence
early 17 century A.D. 1998.42.209
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Popular Mughal
h 6 -5/16 x w 7 -1/2
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Desaberari ragini
1730 1998.42.210
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kotah
h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -11/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Courtier with a lady who turns from him sit in a pavilion with steps going up its side to the roof.
Fourteen lucky dreams
latter half 15- century A.D. 1998.42.211
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Gujarat-Rajasthan, Early Western Indian Style
h 4 -5/12 x w 10 -5/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Karnati ragini
1680 - 1700 1998.42.212
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Punjab Hills, Basohli
h 7 -3/4 x w 8 -1/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Karnati sits playing a stringed instrument facing another female musician playing another stringed instrument. A attendant
stands to the right holding a fly-whisk.
Untitled, Shiva's family
1730 1998.42.213
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bundi
or Kotah
h 11 -7/8 x w 8 -5/12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Krishna kills an enemy
early 17 century A.D. 1998.42.214
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Popular Mughal
h 6 -1/2 x w 10 -11/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Thakur Sangram Singh
first quarter 18 century A.D. 1998.42.216
Creator/Collector:
Usta[d] Isa, ascribed
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Bikaner
h 9 -5/8 x w 6 -5/12
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, Shuja-ud-daula, Navab of Oudh
1774 - 1785 1998.42.21
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink and color wash on paper
India, Eastern India, Lucknow or Faizabad
h 8 x w 5 -3/4
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, ladies on a terrace
1780 - 1830 1998.42.32
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Provincial Mughal
h 9 -5/12 x w 7 -1/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
untitled, Historical page
1630 - 1650 1998.42.6
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India
h 11 -3/16 x w 7 -3/8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
Courtiers in a landscape looking to the proper left.
Maharaja Kishore Das of Sivapur
1730 - 1760 1998.42.7
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Central India, Gwalior?
h 11 x w 8 -11/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Untitled, a girl smokes a hookah
last quarter 18 century A.D. 1998.42.8
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh
h 6 x w 4 -3/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
A girl sits in a chair smoking a hookah on a terrace with vegetation behind the terrace.
Untitled, A Sage teaches and a depiction of a fable
15 century A.D. 1998.42.9.1
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink and gouache on paper
India, Delhi-Jaunpur, Early Western Indian Style
h 4 -11/16 x w 11 -5/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Parashurama and Bharata's visit/ Rama meets Viradha, Ari and Anusya
begin to mid 19 century A.D. 1999.15.6.a-b
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
Incised palm-leaf darkened with charcoal dust and washes of color
India, Eastern India, Orissa
h 2 -7/8 x w 16 -1/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of the Estate of Jean Marshall
Description
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.
Solomon's throne/ Untiled, Decorative chapter heading
17 century A.D. 1998.42.95.a- b
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Painting
ink, gouache, and gold on paper
Iran or Afghanistan
h 11 -1/4 x w 6 -15/16
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.
Shah Jahan striking a lion
1680 1998.42.12
Creator/Collector:
unknown, India
Physical Description:
Drawing
ink and color wash on paper
India, Mughal, Delhi or Lahore
h 9 x w 8
Contributing Institution: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Custodial History
Gift of Jean and Francis Marshall
Description
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.