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Title

A celebration of the rains

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Fresh greens for the foliage and dark blue clouds sprinkled with lightning set the rain celebration scene. Court ladies have gathered on the lawn, and some swing under a blossoming tree, while the raja and a woman watch the exciement below from a balcony of his white palace.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

early 19th century

Accession Number

1964/2.114

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Kotah School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

building divisions

buildings and the land

card, table and board game elements

components

components and systems

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culture and related concepts

culture-related concepts

descriptors

dwellings

events

game pieces

houses

houses by occupants

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landscapes (environments)

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official residences

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people

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vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

Title

Portrait of Maharao Ram Singh II of Kotah (r. 1827-66; on Horseback, with Two Attendants)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Physical Description

Image of a man on horseback with two men flanking him

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1840

Accession Number

1992/1.118

Medium and Support

opaque watercolor on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Kotah School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

mammals

objects we use

people and occupations

political figures

royalty

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Bracelet

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Kotah School

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1979/2.50

Medium and Support

metal

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Kotah School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects of adornment

objects we use

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

layout features

animals and creatures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

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people by gender

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Title

Durga blessing a Raja and his entourage

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.147

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

mammals

music

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

plants

snails

the natural world

waterscapes

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur?, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

architecture

objects

people and occupations

standing

swords

tools

weaponry

Title

Lady meeting her lover from the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Physical Description

Brightly colored painting with three primary registers. The uppermost and smallest register contains a poem. The lower two are larger and similar in size. The bottommost depicts stairs, architectural structures, snakes, and flowering plants. Above, the middle register frames a seated man under a canopy-like architectural form, who reaches out to grasp the wrist of a woman. Behind her is a flowering tree, and and the far right, and open door.

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1630

Accession Number

1980/2.242

Medium and Support

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Secondary Keywords

architectural elements

buildings and the land

circulation elements

components

components and systems

components by specific context

deciduous trees

descriptors

document genres

document genres by form

document genres for literary works

image-making processes and techniques

information forms

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

painting and painting techniques

painting techniques

painting techniques by medium

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

plants

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

settlements and landscapes

stair components

stairs and stair components

steps and step components

trees

trees by leaf life

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

woody plants

writing (processes)

Title

Bilvamangala series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1725

Accession Number

1983/2.112

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

literary

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religion

sacred texts

transportation vehicles

vehicles

watercraft

watercraft by general type

Title

Bilvamangala series

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1725

Accession Number

1983/2.113

Medium and Support

ink and color on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

literary

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religion

sacred texts

standing

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Mewar School

Secondary Keywords

hindu

named gods and goddesses

objects

objects we use

religion

religions

subject matter

vishnu

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

architecture

genres

medium

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

swords

weaponry

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

information forms

legendary creatures

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

religious (people)

the natural world

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshipper

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

In the upper register of this folio a woman holds a child who is crowned and adorned with jewels. The golden hue of the infant, along with the fan held above their heads signifies the child’s importance. They sit in devotion before a Jina, indicated by his nudity—a trademark of Digambara Jina and a sign of purity.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.165

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

children (people by age group)

figures (representations)

objects we use

parents

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by age group

people by family relationship

people by gender

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

visual works

visual works by subject type

youth

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.166

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

earth sciences concepts

herbaceous plants

hindu

hinduism

landscapes (environments)

named gods and goddesses

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

physical sciences concepts

plants

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

subject matter

suns

the natural world

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.167

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals

animals and creatures

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

religious figures

reptiles

reptiles and amphibians

the natural world

visual works

visual works by subject type

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

mammals

membranophones

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by activity

people by state or condition

religions

religions and religious concepts

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

containers

containers by form

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

religious (people)

vessels

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

descriptors

design elements

document genres

document genres by conditions of production

events

figures (representations)

gathered matter components

information form components

information forms

landscapes (environments)

leaves (folded sheets)

motifs

natural element motifs

natural landscapes

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people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

reptiles

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

buildings and the land

descriptors

earth sciences concepts

figures

figures (representations)

herbaceous plants

inorganic material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by activity

people by occupation

people by state or condition

physical sciences concepts

plants

scientific concepts

settlements and landscapes

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

massing or shape

buildings and the land

landscapes (environments)

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

plants

settlements and landscapes

single built works

single built works by form

single built works by specific type

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

visual works

visual works by subject type

woody plants

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

asian

associated concepts

biological concepts

forms

furnishings

furnishings by form or function

health and related concepts

health-related concepts

lighting devices

lighting devices by form

making art

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

scientific concepts

text-based art

torches and torch holders

visual works

visual works by subject type

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Multi-colored ink on paper. Reds and golds make up the primary focus colors and are accented by dark blues. Features five figures, two larger figures on the top half of the page and three smaller figures on the bottom. Scene of worship.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.177

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

layout features

asian

bowl-shaped drums

buildings and the land

components

components and systems

components by specific context

containers

containers by form

drums (membranophones)

figures (representations)

forms

herbaceous plants

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

landscapes (environments)

layout features

making art

membranophones

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

physical activities

physical activities by general context

plants

religious visual works

settlements and landscapes

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

sound devices by function

struck drums

text-based art

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

vessels

visual works

visual works by function

visual works by subject type

woody plants

Title

Jain Tirthankara and a monk with animal forest scene, no. 12 from a Digambara series

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

Two distinct registers divide a page in half. At the top, a yellow-orange colored nude jina sits in lotus position upon a three tiered throne [a patterned blue level at the bottom on feet, with an orange section with gold and red decoration and a green level at the top with gold vertical stripes]. He sits against a red background adorned with a pattern of three white dots. The background takes the shape of an elegant cusped arch with a green and white pattern along its outside with a gold pattern at its sides. To the right of the seated figure a nude Digambara monk sits with his legs folded and one knee up on a less elaborate throne with a lota or pot at the corner and a crossed bookstand to the side holding a book with some devanagari writing on it. He raises his right arm and holds his left to his ear.

Placed under a band of curving yellow stripes, the bottom register represents animals in a landscape. At the bottom are clumps of grass with four stylized mountain forms in blue at the right. Above the mountains stands a tiger facing a family of antelope striding towards him. The family consists of the blue male with his long spiraling horns and a yellow doe below him with a flesh-colored in front of her. Another small yellow fawn takes up the rear. Clumps of light blue and green grasses fill in the background.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.178

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

upward

animals and creatures

associated concepts

buildings and the land

containers

containers by form

descriptors

figures (representations)

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

landforms

landforms and landform components

landforms by shape or position

mammals

materials

materials by origin

natural landscapes

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

people by occupation

people by state or condition

people in religion

people in religion and related occupations

people in the humanities

plant material

religions

religions and religious concepts

religious (people)

settlements and landscapes

vessels

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, raja, and warriors

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School

Physical Description

The image is divided in to two main halves.

The top half is divided in 3, and the bottom half divided in 6. All the divided spaces, except for the lower right corner contain a human figure. In the top half the two outer figures face inward toward the central figure who is seated on a panel slightly above them. The central figure is yellow, with out clothing, on a red background outlined with an olive green border. The figure to the left is cream colored without clothing on a pinkish background. While the figure to the right is clothed in red on a green background.

The figures in the lower half carry shields and various weapons. The dominate colors in each of the 6 sections rotates between green, blue, red and yellow.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.179

Medium and Support

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

image form

layout features

components

components and systems

components by specific context

figures (representations)

groups of people

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

kinship groups

layout features

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

social groups

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

visual works by subject type

weapons and ammunition

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

Artist

India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

image form

layout features

animals and creatures

components

components and systems

components by specific context

illustrations

illustrations by form

images and ornament

information form components

layout features

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

views

views by vantage point or orientation

visual works

visual works by form

Title

Bhairava

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

16th – 19th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 19th century

Accession Number

1981/2.55

Medium and Support

copper

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

allegory and literature

animals

dogs

figures

hindu

mammals

music

named gods and goddesses

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

religion

religions

subject matter

swords

the natural world

weaponry

Title

Durga, seated, with sixteen arms

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.59

Medium and Support

copper

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hollow-bodied

animal material

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

bells and sets of bells

buildings and the land

chordophones

combination inorganic/organic animal material

combination inorganic/organic material

costume

costume accessories

costume accessories worn

descriptors

directly struck idiophones

edged weapons

figures

herbaceous plants

keratinous material

landscapes (environments)

materials

materials by composition

materials by origin

natural landscapes

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussion idiophones

percussive weapons

plants

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

recreational artifacts

recreational artifacts for competitive activities

religions

religions and religious concepts

sets of beads

settlements and landscapes

shell (animal material)

shell and shell material

sound devices

sound devices by acoustical characteristics

spears (weapons)

spears by form

sports and athletic equipment

staff weapons

struck idiophones

track and field sports equipment

vegetation and vegetation components

vegetation components

weapons

weapons and ammunition

woody plants

Title

Vishnu

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1981/2.61

Medium and Support

copper

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

clubs (weapons)

hindu

named gods and goddesses

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people and occupations

people by state or condition

percussive weapons

religion

religions

subject matter

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Ladle with Various Tantric Symbols Cast into Upper Surface of Handle

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.76

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

Title

Mahishasuramardini

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1976/2.46

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

buffalo

mammals

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

weapons and ammunition

Title

Elephant and Mahout Lamp

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1976/2.59

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

animals

mammals

objects

the natural world

Title

Virabhadra plaque

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th–18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.43

Medium and Support

brass (?)

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

design elements

edged weapons

figure- and animal-derived motifs

motifs

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Virabhadra

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.44

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

swords

weaponry

Title

Virabhadra

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.45

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

descriptors

design elements

motifs

natural element motifs

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

swords

weaponry

Title

Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1977/2.53

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

swords

weaponry

Title

Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1977/2.60

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

projectile weapons

projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant

projectiles with nonexplosive propellant

weapons

weapons and ammunition

Title

Subrahmanya (also known as Karttikeya, Kumara, etc.)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Physical Description

Subrahmanya stands on a tiered base which starts square and sloped, then is square and straight up and then round sloped with an incised decoration, then flanged out as a base for the figure to stand. He stands in an unbending pose and has four hands. Reading in a clockwise direction form the right front hand they are: in a reassuring gesture [abhyaya mudra], holding a vajra [a symbol of lightening], holding a symbol of a spear [actually what can be read as the head of the spear], and in a gesture of giving [varada mudra]. He wears a lung from his waist decorated with incised pattern and a lot of jewelry including belts with pendants, necklaces a decorated beaded sacred thread, large earring and an elaborate crown.

Century

19th-20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - 20th century

Accession Number

1978/2.114

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

hindu

objects we use

people and culture

religion

religions

religions and religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

subject matter

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Virabhadra plaque

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.68

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

Title

Virabhadra

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.70

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

Title

Shiva, Durga, Hanuman, Garuda, Ganesha, Nandi, animals and various Tantric symbols cast in base and body-fluted upper border at body and at cover.

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1978/2.74

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hindu

mammals

named gods and goddesses

objects we use

people and occupations

religion

religions

subject matter

the natural world

Title

Bracelet (Folk Image)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

16th-18th century

Object Creation Date

16th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.33

Medium and Support

bronze & copper

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects of adornment

objects we use

Title

Dipa Lakshmi

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.34

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

Title

Bala Krishna

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th–18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.43

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hindu

named gods and goddesses

objects

religion

religions

subject matter

vishnu

Title

Bala Krishna

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.44

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hindu

named gods and goddesses

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

religion

religions

subject matter

vishnu

Title

Shiva Altarpiece (small folk bronze)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th-18th century

Object Creation Date

17th century - 18th century

Accession Number

1979/2.56

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

hindu

moons

named gods and goddesses

objects

religion

religions

subject matter

Title

Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, South India

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1977/2.52

Medium and Support

bronze

Artist

India, South India, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

swords

weaponry

Title

Lota (sacred bowl)

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu

Century

18th century

Object Creation Date

circa 18th century

Accession Number

1975/2.135

Medium and Support

brass

Artist

India, Tamil Nadu, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

objects we use

vessels

Title

"Bhagavata Purana" series: Krishna and Balarama Studying with the Brahman Sandipani

Artist

Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style

Physical Description

Krishna, in blue, and Balarama are portrayed in identical poses and wearing peacock-feather headdresses. The paunchy bearded figure at right is their mentor, Sandipani. Two other, older students appear at left. They are seated, approximately equidistantly spaced, in an architectural structure that organizes the space.

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1525-1550

Accession Number

1983/2.104

Medium and Support

ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Artist

India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style, Artist Unknown

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

building divisions

components

components and systems

components by specific context

information artifacts

information artifacts by physical form

information forms

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by state or condition

reading and writing spaces

religions

religions and religious concepts

rooms and spaces

rooms and spaces by function

Title

Love

Artist

Robert Indiana

Physical Description

The word “love” printed in capital letters in red on a blue and green background with a black border or frame

Artist Life Dates

born 1928

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1967

Accession Number

2002/1.234

Medium and Support

color lithograph on paper

Artist

Indiana, Robert

Secondary Keywords

artistic concepts

associated concepts

components

components and systems

components by specific context

concepts in the arts

concepts relating to the creative process

devotional images

information form components

international post-1945 styles and movements

layout features

modern and contemporary art

objects we use

people and culture

post-1945 fine arts styles and movements

religious visual works

styles and periods

styles and periods by region

text-based art

visual works

visual works by function

Title

Basket

Artist

Indonesia

Object Creation Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1986/1.191

Medium and Support

bark? with bead work

Artist

Indonesia

Secondary Keywords

objects we use