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Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshippers
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This image is divided in to 6 relatively equal portions, with the two most upper portions being slightly larger. Each section contains a human figure, except for the lower right section which contains 3 fish. The three figures on the left are featured profile facing towards the right. The two figures in the two lower sections on the right, mirror the left side and face profile to the left. The figure in the upper right corner faces out. This figure is yellow, without clothing, on a green background. This figure is also seated on a lotus blossom form above all the other figures. The figure to his left is also without clothing and is the only other figure to be seating not directly on the floor.
The dominate colors in this image rotate between orange, green, red and blue with yellow highlights.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.180
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
The Sixth Night Vigil from a Kalpasutra manuscript (fol. no. 38v), depicting two pairs of queens
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
A scene in the life of Mahavira. The composition is designated a narrow strip near the left, while the rest of the page is used for text and red circles. The illustration is divided into two registers, with depictions of two women in each. The infant Mahavira is seen in his mother’s arms, at the upper left.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
1478
Accession Number
1981/2.162
Medium and Support
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Kanada Ragini 22
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1981/2.46
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Lakshmi lustrated by elephants (Gaja Lakshmi (Goddess))
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Bundi School
Physical Description
The white elephants, which draw the eye into the image, face toward the center leading the viewer to Lakshmi who is the central figure in the frame. The image is bordered by a red colored frame. And below the figures, in the background is a dark banded representing a pond.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
2001/2.133
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Krishna Fluting
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century
late 16th - early 17th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1700
Accession Number
1964/2.120
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and battle scene
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
Worshippers gather and seem to celebrate around a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk at top center. Flanking these figures are two searted drummers. In the lower register men on horseback and elephant look up to them as the ride by and raise their weapons in battle. A trumpeter sounds his instrument in the bottom left.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.168
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Nata Ragini 3 (Battle scene)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.158
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Râmâyana manuscript, folio 101: Demon Armies Pour Out of Ravana's Castle
Artist
India, Seu-Nainsukh School
Century
late 18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1785-1800
Accession Number
2002/1.166
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
Leaf from a Kalpasutra manuscript with calligraphic text. Font size varies, and in the center of the leaf text wraps around a blank box of parchment with a red dot in the center. To the left of this main text block is a colorful illustration of an enthroned figure in a dotted robe flanked by devotees. Surrounding him are various auspicious symbols.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
15th century
Accession Number
1980/2.247
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Nata ragini 3 (Battle scene)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1981/2.49
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Bilaval Ragini of Hindola Raga 14: Radha admires her face in a mirror
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School
Century
Late 18th-Early 19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1980/2.244
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Bilvamangala series, folio 30: Krishna and Balarama
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century
late 17th - early 18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1700
Accession Number
1983/2.114
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.169
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Lalit Ragini
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.159
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Kalpasutra manuscript page: Monks and Devotees
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
The horizontal folio from a Kalpasutra manuscript consists of seven lines of text to the left and center broken by a squarish gold symbol framed in a red line and cusped blue lines. Gold diamond shapes framed in red are at the sides, with a vertical red line between the one on the left and the text. Between the text and the right diamond shape there is a painting consisting of three registers of figures against a red ground. The top row depicts three laymen wearing crowns, the middle two monks and a nun and the bottom row three nuns.
Century
15th century
Object Creation Date
1400-1450
Accession Number
1970/2.116
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Kukubha ragini
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.153
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Dipak Raga from Ragamala series
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School
Physical Description
Two lovers sit in an elaborate, symmetrical marble palace, decorated with inlaid stone and a domed roof. Inside, a highly individualized prince sits near his lover and caresses her chin. Above the scene is a box containing calligraphic text.
Century
late 18th-early 19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1985/1.134
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Râmâyana series, folio 204 from the "Balakanda"
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1725
Accession Number
1983/2.109
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina venerated by a monk, men and women, a naga, and animals from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
A Jina is encircled by a giant halo of ref, green, blue, gold, and white. Within the halo are different creatures, including a tiger, bird, naga, and devotees. The Jina sits nude on a throne with his legs crossed and hands together. Above him are clouds in the sky, and below a monk and devotees.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.170
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Ragini Kedarau
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.160
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: The Courtesan Kosha and the King's Charioteer (fol. no. 102v)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Physical Description
Alongside a block of calligraphic text a red rectable sets off an illustrative space. In the bottom right corner of the illustration a woman dances, and on the left a larger figure pulls an arrow taught in a bow.
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
early 15th century
Accession Number
1997/2.39
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Krishna Presenting a Gem to Radha
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Kishangarh School
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1970s
Accession Number
1981/2.174
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Ragini Madhumadhavi of Hindola Raga 18
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kotah School
Century
late 18th-early 19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1985/2.135
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Râmâyana series, folio 183 from the "Balakanda"
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1725
Accession Number
1983/2.110
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
A naked Jina sits on a throne with a naked monk to his left offering praise. A devotee sits in a lotus pond that is surrounded by flames, yet his face appears serene ans he holds his rosary. Two cobras appear next to the flames, with a three in the background.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.171
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Ragini Patamanjari
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.161
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Radha Showing Krishna his Reflection
Artist
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Century
Early 19th century
Object Creation Date
early 19th century
Accession Number
1981/2.163
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Nayika who casts away her jewels
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Century
late 18th century
Object Creation Date
late 18th century
Accession Number
1980/2.245
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Iconography series: "Danu" [Sagittarius]: Archer-centaur
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840
Accession Number
1985/2.137
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Panchakhyana Series, page 28: Court Scene
Artist
India, Rajasthan, Mewar School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1725-1740
Accession Number
1997/2.42
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This painting illustrates a verse from a Digambara Jain manuscript that likens the capacity of praising the Jina to destroy sins to the way the sun obliterates darkness; it shows a sun with the face of a Jina illuminating the sky. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.172
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Bhairon Raga
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.162
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Shiva and his family
Artist
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description
In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1790-1800
Accession Number
1942.4
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Adoration of Shri Nathji
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School
Physical Description
The richly dressed sculpture in the central niche is Shri Nathaji, an alternative name for Krishna, and the principal deity of the Vallabha Sampraday sect, to which the Kotah ruling family belonged. A priest is shown performing the lamp-waving ceremony before Shri Nathaji. At right is a small costumed sculpture of Krishna playing the flute.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1830
Accession Number
2003/2.9
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Iconography series: "Budha" [Mercury], elephant-headed goddess on a white bird
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840
Accession Number
1985/2.138
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Devimahatmya manuscript: A Demon Warrior Worships Devi (fol. no. 44r)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1985/2.139
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This painting is a rare depiction of the Jina’s first preaching. It is said that the speech of the Jina is like no other and that miracles occur upon hearing it. Here the Jina is depicted with four heads, representing the miraculous ability to see from all four directions at once. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.173
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina and a devotee from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
Nude (Jina, center) and a devotees (nude on left, and other clothed figures) depicted in a folio of a Jain manuscript.
The image contains trees, lotus flowers and dark clouds. The the colors are composed of vivid reds, browns, yellows, greens and blues. The image is surrounded by a red and green pattereed border which resembles a chain.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.174
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala Sesries: Dipak raga 8?
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
Late 18th-Early 19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1800
Accession Number
1985/1.133
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Nayika series; Demon frightens a woman in the forest
Artist
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra?
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
19th century
Accession Number
1985/2.142
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Two men on a camel
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur
Physical Description
Three main figures (two men and the camel they are riding) are brought to the foreground because of the contrast between their light colors against the stark green hill. The hill dominates the background leaving only a little bit of blue sky visible in the top corners. Underneath the main figures a secondary white dog and rabbit are also prominent.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1980/2.246
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
A man reclines on a carpet or cloth, and looks up at two figures above him. On the right, a deity sits cross-legged on a pedestal with a canopy over its head. To the left, another figure faces the deity, also on a pedestal carpet. He appears to be naked, and raises his in gesture towards the deity. A metal lamp or ewer rests below him, on what appears to be an abstract mountain, on which the reclining man also lies. He holds what may be prayer beads, and wears robes with stripes and his covered head rests on a pillow.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.163
Medium and Support
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Ragini Minavati
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.152
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.176
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina and devotees from a Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Physical Description
Nude Jina sitting on altar-like structure in center of image. The "altar" is sitting on a lotus flower. There are devotees on all four sides of Jina, a total of five persons. The devotee at the left is also nude. There are red and yellow flags, and various flowers scattered all over the image. There is a red and green border. The colors present are vivid reds, greens, yellows and deep blues.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.175
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Iconography series: Saturn, mounted on a tiger
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description
Two figures, Shani and his tiger are depicted centrally in the image. The background is very simple with some grass tufts and a pond near the very bottom of the images.
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1840
Accession Number
1987/1.248
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Man with two ladies
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Nurpur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750-1760
Accession Number
1997/2.43
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
A Raja with his Ladies
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur?
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
mid 18th century
Accession Number
1985/2.140
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
A nude monk on the top left sits before a Jina at top right. Three Hindu gods, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi venerate the Jina in the bottom registers.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.164
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
Title
Ragamala series: Ragini Bilavala
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
1975/2.154
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 0.00000
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