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Book Review
A Mediated Magic: The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880–1930
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 977
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Sarker, Archishman (Sarker, Archishman)
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A Mediated Magic: The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880–1930 Edited by Naman P. Ahuja and Louise Belfrage. 184 pp. incl. 91 col.+ b. & w. ills. (Marg Foundation, Mumbai, and the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, 2019), $70. ISBN 978–9–383243–28–0. | :
Book Review
Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements. By Salam Kaoukji; Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort. By Robert Elgood
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 880-882
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Bijl, Arthur (Bijl, Arthur)
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Precious Indian Weapons and Other Princely Accoutrements By Salam Kaoukji. 504 pp. incl. 538 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2017), $50. ISBN 978–0–500–97081–2. Rajput Arms & Armour: The Rathores & Their Armoury at Jodhpur Fort By Robert Elgood. Two vols, 1024 pp. incl. 851 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (Niyogi Books, New Delhi, 2017), £200. ISBN 978–93–85285–70–7. | :
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3. Goat-head knife. Mughal dominions, c.1600–50. Hilt carved from nephrite jade, eyes inlaid with gold and set with rubies (at a later date?), blade of jawhar steel, overlaid with two colours of gold, length 27.5 cm. (Photograph Muhammad Ali and Robert Lorenzo).
Exhibition Review
Krishna in the garden of Assam. London
06/2016 | 1359 | 158
Pages: 468-469
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Wolfe, Richard (Wolfe, Richard)
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48. Vrindavani Vastra. Assam, c.1680 (British Museum, London)
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49. Body mask of the five-headed serpent demon Kaliya. From the workshop of Hem Chandra Goswami, Chamaguri monastery, Majuli Island, Assam. 2014 (British Museum, London)
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50. 'The Chepstow Coat', Assamese silk lampas, lined with strips of 'Vrindavani Vastra'-type textile probably woven in the latter part of the seventeenth century (Chepstow Museum, Monmouthshire)
Exhibition Review
Asia in Amsterdam
02/2016 | 1355 | 158
Pages: 150-151
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Kerr, Rose (Kerr, Rose; K., R.)
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86. Still life with turkey pie, by Pieter Claesz. 1627 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
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87. Panel with a vase of flowers, a parrot and insects, by Dirck van Rijswijck. 1654 (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
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85. Chest belonging to Cornelis van der Lijn. Japan, c.1635-45 (State Historical Museum, Moscow; exh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Exhibition Review
Indian textiles
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 049
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Kandhari, Jasleen (Kandhari, Jasleen)
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59. Suicide sari with Random Suicide waistcoat and Shoetread underskirt, by Suicide and Random. Suicide prints designed by Kallol Datta and Indranil Ram Kamath; Shoetread print designed by Kallol Datta. Kolkata, West Bengal, 2011 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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56. Tent of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Mughal India, possibly Burhanpur, c.1725-50 (National Trust, Powis Castle; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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57. Man's riding coat. Mughal India, c.1620-25 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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58. Detail from a map shawl. Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, c.1875 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Exhibition Review
Indian painters, 1100–1900. Zürich and New York
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 66-67
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Carrier, David (Carrier, David)
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Wonder of the Age. Master Painters of India 1100–1900 | institution: Metropolitan Museum of Art , institution: Museum Rietberg
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93. The ‘gopis’ plead with Krishna to return their clothing, by the Master of the ‘Isarda’ Bhagavata Purana. Dehli–Agra, c.1560–65. Watercolour and ink on paper, 19.2 by 25.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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94. The marital bliss of Nala and Damayanti, folio from a Nala-Damayanti series, by Ranjha. Kangra, c.1800–10. Ink and watercolour on paper, 22.2 by 33.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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95. Emperor Babur returning late to camp, drunk after a boating party in celebration of the end of Ramadan in 1519, page from a Baburnama manuscript, by Farrukh Beg. Mughal, 1589. Watercolour on paper, 21 by 13 cm. (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Ivory from Ceylon. Zürich
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 278-279
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Trusted, Marjorie (Trusted, Marjorie)
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Elfenbein aus Ceylon. Luxusgüter für Katharina von Habsburg (1507–1578) | institution: Museum Rietberg
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80. Casket. Sri Lanka, Kotte. 1543–55. Ivory with gold and gemstones, rubies and sapphires, 11.5 by 23.5 by 13 cm. (Private collection; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
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82. Fan. Sri Lanka, Kotte. 1540–55. Ivory, rubies and gold on wool, 57 cm. high. (Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
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81. The elephant Hanno with two Indian trainers. Roman artist, 1514–16. Chalk and ink on paper, 27.8 by 28.5 cm. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; exh. Museum Rietberg, Zürich).
Publication Received
Asian Art History in the Twenty-first Century
11/2009 | 1280 | 151
Pages: 788
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Haft, Alfred (Haft, Alfred)
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Asian Art History in the Twenty-first Century | editor: Desai, Vishakha N.
Article
Colonial collectors: the Tata bequests of nineteenth-century European paintings in the Mumbai Museum
01/2008 | 1258 | 150
Pages: 15-27
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Spear, Richard E. (Spear, Richard E.)
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21. Bohemian gypsies, by Daniel Maclise. 1837. Canvas, 179 by 424 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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22. Sterne and the French innkeeper’s daughter, by William Powell Frith. 1867. Canvas, 112 by 86 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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23. The crusaders, by John Gilbert. 1875. Canvas, 72 by 122 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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24. Waes me for Prince Charlie, by Charles Edward Johnson. 1885. Canvas, 115 by 183.5 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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25. Trevalgy Head, by John Brett. 1881. Canvas, 18 by 36 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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26. Boats off the coast at Scheveningen, by James Webb. 1876. Paper laid on canvas, 14 by 23 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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27. Dedham Vale at sunset, by John Constable. c.1812. Canvas, 18 by 33 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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28. Landscape with tree, here attributed to John Constable. c.1811. Oil on paper, 17 by 21 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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29. Fête champêtre, by Adolphe Monticelli. c.1880. 48 by 34 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
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30. Lady in a garden with a parasol, by Philip Connard. Canvas, 61 by 51 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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31. The worshippers, by William Strang. 1913. Canvas, 136 by 136 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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32. At the crossroad: the world or the cloister, by Emil Rau. 1881. Canvas, 151 by 204 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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33. A woman feeding a parrot, by Eduard Merk. Canvas, 86 by 62 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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34. Prayer for the dead in the Volendam house of mourning, by John Quincy Adams. 1903. Canvas, 199 by 245 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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35. At the house of the art patron, by Leo von Fortu´nski. Canvas, 101 by 167 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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36. Phryne in Eleusis, by Emanuel Oberhauser. Canvas, 81 by 150 cm. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai).
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18. The Tata family c.1900. Jamsetji is seated at centre, his wife, Hirabai, at his right, and Navajbai, wife of Sir Ratan, at his left. Standing left to right: Sir Dorab, his wife, Meherbai, and Sir Ratan. (Courtesy Tata Central Archives, Pune).
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19. View of Sir Ratan’s collections installed in York House, Twickenham. Before 1918. (Courtesy Tata Central Archives, Pune).
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20. View of Sir Ratan’s collections installed in York House, Twickenham. Before 1918. (Courtesy Tata Central Archives, Pune).
Book Review
Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, vol.I. Art from the Indian Subcontinent
06/2006 | 1239 | 148
Pages: 424-425
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Morris, Rekha (Morris, Rekha)
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Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, vol.I. Art from the Indian Subcontinent | author: Pal, Pratapaditya
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