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Title: Iconography series: Brisha (female monkey, riding a bull)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
Physical Description: Two figures, Anjana and a bull 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. Near the top of the image in the background there some trees and sky are visible.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1840
Accession Number: 1988/1.82
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance: rank 9.42476
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput

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 9.42476
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput

Title: Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
Physical Description: Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
Century: late 18th century - early 19th century
Object Creation Date: late 18th century - early 19th century
Accession Number: 1975/2.149
Medium and Support: ink on paper
relevance: rank 9.31881
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput/Pahari

Title: Krishna massaging the feet of Radha (a scene from the Gita Govinda?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills, Mankot School
Physical Description: Bold colors depict Krishna, one of human manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu, is seated with a woman, Radha, above him. He touches her leg, and the tips of her hands and feet glow red. She sits erect and holds a large flower, looking straight off the left edge of the picture. The two are framed in an architectural structure.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1730
Accession Number: 1979/1.160
Medium and Support: ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and beetle thorax casings on paper
relevance: rank 9.31881
Style/Group/Movement: Rajput/Pahari

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