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Lady at bath
Lith. de J.J. Belnos
Ablutions of a young Woman of rank on banks of Ganges. bathing at Ganga in Bengal
From Hindoo & European Manners in Bengal (1832) by
Sophie Charlotte Belnos and Alexandre-Marie Colin
Belnos
Feast of the Churruck Poojah.
Celebration of charak or churruck pooja in Bengal
1832
captioned "A Hindoo female" but she is from Kerala
Illustrator: William Daniell; Taylor
Image taken from The Oriental Annual, etc. [1834-1838]. By J. H. Caunter, Originally published/produced in London, 1834-40 @britishlibrary
Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies
Painting by Agostino Brunias, Italian painter,
ca. 1780, Oil on canvas @YaleBritishArt
wherever white race stepped racism, division started? disparity of natural resources too
Shakti of Shiva in her form as Devi Durga Mahishasurmardini, company painting from Trichinopoly or Tiruchchirappalli, ca. 1825 @V_and_A
Tiruchi or Trichy? in TN
Devi slaying demon Mahishasur
Indra, chief of gods and the guardian of the east, on his elephant, Airavata
holds Vajra
painting from Trichinopoly, ca. 1825 @V_and_A
inscription in Telugu reads Indra going to fight Kumbhkaran?
can you read?
Varitrahana is as god Bahram in the Avesta? is it?
आन मिलो आन मिलो श्याम साँवरे
ब्रज मे राधा रानी खोइ खोइ फिरे
Two separate locale one theme? Two versions.
Paintings
1. Ragini Gauri by Nainsukh 1770
2. 1790
@SDMA
Riyaz रियाज is never ending path of devotion bhakti, with ultimate goal of attaining perfection, meeting d lord 🙏
Beautiful painting by
Chen Renqian (Chen Zenchien, b.1984)
Fruits on Plantain Tree.
Plantain flowers too made dish in Bengal, in UP too but not much popular.
@Sothebys lot511
padmini
Gwalior 10th century sculpture
Bhopal Museum
Why padmini? As she holds lotus, but could be shalbhanjika too?
Apsara Madanika Sundari Yakshi?
RAO BAHADUR MAHADEV VISWANATH DHURANDHAR
3 #Paintings,
1 A MAIDEN IMPLORING A FAKIR
2. Women profile, 1892
3. portrait of a girl in yellow and red, oil on paper, 1892
@bonhams1793
Lot304