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Story how Udupi king managed food for warriors fighting in Mahabharat without waste. He used to give peanuts to Krishna, left out he counted, X a multiplier, estimated food to be cooked next-day? Though I knew many restaurants add Udipi/udupi word in their name for authenticity.
An equestrian portrait of a Nawab riding a grey stallion, signed by Muhammad Reza-i Hindi, Mughal, possibly Oudh, dated 1763-4 AD
Lucknow? Beautiful landscaping to give emphasis to core subject of painting
An elephant with rider, possibly Akbar, Mughal painting, circa 1595-1610
@Sothebys lot3
Maharana Bhim Singh with Consort
Udaipur, Painting attributed to Chokha, circa 1805-10
Francesca Galloway Ltd
Usually Hindol Raag is depicted with such attributes
हिण्डोल राग
Reminds song झूला धीरे से झुलाओ बनवारी रे with undertone of Shringar Ras श्रिंगार रस
tree icons in painting, is it tree of life? plantain
2nd is also about Life? baul singers always sing about life? but with nature? tree of life in that painting too?
paintings by Olivia Fraser
🙏Devi Green Tara #Tibet-Buddhism
13th century sculpture Brass with inlays of silver
Rubin Museum of Art @RubinMuseum
C2005.16.30 (HAR 65453)
sheer finesse of Art with devotion, excellence with faith, power of sadhna🙏
great artisans
Shared heritage
Kapilvastu Sarnath Lhasa
Portrait of Mian Bijai of Bilaspur
depicts paternal uncle of Dip Chand, founder of capital of Bilaspur
inscribed : Tasvir Mian Bijai Mian Bija Birader-e Khurd Sri Raja Tara Chand Sahib...Kahlur Bilaspur
can be dated c.1650-60 @Sothebys lot242
safa pagdi? dhoti
भगवान वराह Varaha, avatar of Vishnu
Painting from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, circa 1720
Vishnu holds lotus, conch, mace (gada) & Sudarshan chakra, lifting पृथ्वी भूदेवी #earth to the safety, with Hiranyaksha subdued under his feet
lot41 @ChristiesInc of 2016
Gauri Ragini
lady playing been-veena
from ragmala series
Painting by Nainsukh, ca. 1770 @SDMA
सावन की ऋतू आई री प्रीतम घर नहीं आये
Proşitapatika Nayika-Lady whose beloved is absent
19th century. Painting from Jaipur
Bequest of RM & CH Berndt, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of western Australia
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery