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Couple, 19th century painting from Deccan? Via
Could be warrior from Rajputana, sword, huqqa, spear, dagger too. Lady with ghaghara choli & jewellery. What's written in persian script?

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2023-03-19

'A Distraught Maiden'
The festival has been 'this' tiring for me too!
A c1750 AD illustration to a Patamanjari from a series from sold by (19th March 2012)

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2022-10-03

A birthday & it happens to be mine!
Yes, I turn 60 today.
Bouquets begin to arrive, as this 'Imaginary Carnation' 1669 AD painting from sold by ($200,000).
Previously belonged to the Maharaja of & Shuja al-Daula, Nawab of

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2022-06-24

Kṛṣṇa dances with the gopis
possibly northern Deccan region, ca. 1800

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2022-06-19

The Inquisition had also caused a fascinating influx of Jewish immigrants to the Deccan as well. Fernao Rodrigues Caldeira originally came in from Portugal, but after the inquisition followed him to Goa he made his home in Golconda and acted as an advisor to the Sultanate

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2022-06-14

The ever present counter weight to the Deccan Sultanates was Vijayanagar and Aliya Rama Raya, but even under the guise of being a Hindu Empire, was heavily influenced by Persian ministers, generals and trade, even down to their prominent style for the era

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2022-06-14

Reflecting on the great works of and , the Deccan had embraced multiculturalism more than most places in the world in late medieval and early modern times, a few of our favorites from the game so far

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2022-06-14

Chand Bibi ruled not 1 but 2 separate Empires in the Deccan, and fought the great polymath general Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khana to a stand still leading an alliance of generals from the other Sultanates

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2022-06-13

An unusual pair of c1720 Provincial paintings from or on sale on 31st March for £20,000-30,000.
'Interaction with a Demon'. First is a Nocturnal Scene & in the second, the Demon is confronted by a group of Nobles.
I fail to locate this story.

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2022-03-31

View Of Sassoor In The Deccan by William Purser

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2022-03-15

Ragamala paintings depicting Bhairavi Ragini of Bhairava Raga.
Artist unknown,Deccan,Hyderabad,c.1760 from the Claudio Moscatelli Collection,Dulwich.

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2022-03-07

Sita in the Grove. Ramayana folio. Paithani style. Deccan, 19th century. Bonham's.

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2022-01-15

Princess Munisha (?) daughter of ruler in this c 1750 painting from Adrianus Canter Visscher collection at
Interestingly , the Princess holds on to a tree as a Salabhanjika. Unusual?

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2022-01-02

Incredible piece by the wonderful , Jahangir had a fascinating history as Mughal Emperor, husband to one of the most powerful women in Mughal history, Noor Jahan. We plan on covering his struggles against the Deccan Sultans in a later campaign after we cover Sher Shah

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2021-12-17

South Asia, and Southern India in particular has a long historically interesting local Jewish population on the Malabar coast, In the late Medieval period there was also an influx of Portuguese "New Christians" who found a new home in the Deccan sultanates.

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2021-11-30

An unidentified young woman reading a book & in contemplation with a Halo around her head. 16th/17th cen (?) album page from

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2021-11-03

Abhimanyu Hunting in a Forest from Mahabharata
ca. 1885 painting from Maharashtra ?
Paithan chitrakhani or chitrakathi? I thought were popular folk painting style for
May be as area was Deccan thus it's deccani Art famous in AP, north Karnataka & MH

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2021-11-03

Anant Chaturdashi- day for Deccan Corner Chowk to witness Ganapati visarjan processions. Not out of pandemic shadow, Ganpati festival remained a low key affair this year too. It was fair to avoid gatherings and procession. Nxt best option? sketch around the place and surroundings

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2021-09-19

Detail from “Prince Manohar and Princess Madhumalati Exchange Rings and Bed Sheets and Spend the Night Together”, from Gulshan-i 'Ishq
(Rose Garden of Love)
c.1743
Possibly Deccan.
Courtesy -



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2021-07-18

Two Indian ladies under a tree
Golconda, circa 1675, watercolor Painting
amalgamation of cultures-traditions also happened in Deccan,
fashion, Veena
wearing lehnga, ghaghra, what's that mughal dress?

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2021-07-02