Mewar, circa 1725-30
Opaque pigments with gold on paper, black rules and plain border
15 1/ 2 x 12 1⁄2 in. (39.3 x 31.8 cm) painting
17 3⁄4 x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm) folio
Maharana Jagat Singh II and Thakur Sirdar Singh stalking deer
Mewar, India, dated V.S. 1800 / 1743 A.D.
Opaque colours with gold on paper, black rules and an attached red border, inscribed on the upper border in devanagari and on the reverse in ink and pencil, with inventory number and paper label numbered 239
9 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (24 x 42.3 cm) painting
11 3/8 x 18 1/2 in. (28.8 x 47 cm) folio
Lucknow, circa 1780
Opaque pigments with gold on paper, a panel of nasta’liq calligraphy on the reverse
8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (22.5 x 31.5 cm) painting
18 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (47 x 56 cm) folio
6 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (17 x 27 cm) calligraphy
Krishna dancing on the naga Kalaya flanked by his pleading wives
Probably Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
South India, late eighteenth century
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, red pointed arched border with blue banding and black and white rules, a line of devanagari on recto and verso
10 1/4 x 6 7⁄8 in. (26.1 x 17.5 cm) painting
10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (27.4 x 19 cm) folio
Northern India
First half of the 18th century
Height: 19 cm
Of spherical form with a short, ridged flaring neck, gold-painted in reserve with twelve vertical leaves around the body, each filled with a painted floral garland, the shoulder painted with a scallop-edged twelve-petal lotus encircling the neck, the latter with twelve vertical leaf motifs.
Five closely related green glass huqqa bottles are known, four in museum collections: British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Musee Guimet, Paris and the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait.
Folio from an Unidentified Akbar Period Manuscript
Iskandar building a wall against the people of Gog and Magog
Attributable to Hiranand
Verso: Folio probably from the Diwan of Anwari, circa 1620
Mughal India, circa 1595-1605
Nim qalam drawing, ink, gold and opaque pigments on paper; the verso with a folio of double-column nasta’liq; both sides with matching black, green and gold rules
11 ¼ x 6 in. (28.5 x 15.3 cm) painting
13 1/8 x 7 ½ in. (33.3 x 28.8 cm) folio
A nightingale in a rosebush and an owl high in a rocky eyrie
Persia, first half of the nineteenth century
Opaque pigments on paper, later gilt ascription and date to Muhammad Zaman in nasta’liq at l.r., watermarked […]&M
7 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (18.3 x 10.6 cm)
Calcutta
c. 1820
Opaque watercolour on paper, with pencil, pen and grey ink
Watermarked J WHATMAN
Inscribed in Persian with the name of the bird, anjan
50.5 x 68 cm.
A large and finely painted image that in many ways epitomises the triumph of Company School painting. When Lady Impey’s ornithological albums, commissioned by her in Calcutta in the 1770s, were seen by the scientific community in England following her return around 1808, they caused a sensation. Never before had such realistic images been seen and their reception was rightly lauded. Here, perhaps forty years later, the tradition has been perfected by artists responding to decades of British patronage. However, the political and economic scene was about to change and within ten years the genre had declined and would soon vanish.
March 14 – 22, 2024
Asia Week Hours: Mar 14-15 & 18-22, 10am-6pm; Mar 16-17, 10am-5pm (otherwise by appointment) Opening Reception: Thursday, March 14, 5-8pm
For this 15th season of Asia Week New York, we are pleased to be present an exhibition comprising of court paintings from India and Persia from the 17th to 19th centuries. A highlight of the show is the striking painting, Krishna dancing on Kaliya flanked by twonagini. This, along with many other works on paper, will be displayed at our Upper East Side location.
Ancient to Modern: Pottery from circa 2000 BC to 2000 AD
In collaboration with the renowned sculptural ceramicist Nicholas Rena, this recent exhibition showcased ancient pottery from pre-historic Iran through to ancient Rome besides Rena’s bold, monochrome ceramics at Pall Mall.
Four Rivers from Eden: Works of Art and Paintings from the Islamic and Indian World
Our October 2023 catalogue contains a wonderful selection of Indian and Islamic ceramics including Iznik pottery and tiles, glass and paintings, as well as Ottoman arms and silver.