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Editorial
Fashionistas
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 417
Exhibition Review
The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 389-393
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Reviewer:
Dutta, Parshati (Dutta, Parshati)
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The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Victoria and Albert Museum, London 9th November 2024–5th May 2025 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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5. Dagger and scabbard, by Mughal court workshops. c.1620. Hilt: gold over iron, set with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, glass, ivory and agate; blade: watered steel; scabbard: gold over wood, set with rubies, emeralds and diamonds, 35.2 by 11.7 by 2.7 cm. (dagger); 25 by 5.6 by 2.7 cm. (scabbard). (Al- Sabah Collection, Kuwait; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. Squirrels in a plane tree, by Abu’l-Hasan and Mansur. c.1605–10. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 47 by 32.2 cm. (British Library, London; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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8. Wine cup made for Emperor Shah Jahan, by Mughal court workshops. 1657. White nephrite jade, 18.7 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Obituary
Oliver James Watson (1949–2023)
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 990-92
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Author:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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1. Oliver Watson photographed next to one of his favourite objects in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, shortly before stepping down as Director in 2011. (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha; Photograph Marc Pelletreau).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Table with ceramic tile top. Turkey. c.1560. Wood, inlaid with ebony and mother of pearl, and painted fritware, height 34 cm., diameter 63 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Letter
A new translation of a Hilliard miniature motto
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 668–9
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Author:
Darsie, Heather R. (Darsie, Heather R.)
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1. Unknown man clasping a hand from a cloud, by Nicholas Hilliard. 1588. Watercolour on vellum mounted on brown card, height 6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 743–5
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Reviewer:
Croft, Catherine (Croft, Catherine)
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Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence 2nd March–22nd September Victoria and Albert Museum, London | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry with a model of one of their buildings for the Gold Coast (now Cape Coast) Education Department, Ghana, in 1945. (RIBA Collections, London).
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22. The model for the High Court, Capitol Complex, Sector 1, Chandigarh, by Pierre Jeanneret. c.1951–65. Photograph. (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal)
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23. Detail of the pre-cast concrete screening on the veranda of the library, University College, Ibadan, designed by Fry Drew and Partners. 1955. (RIBA Collections, London).
Article
The art of Qing imperial afterlife: the ‘Pictures of ancient playthings’ (Guwantu 古玩圖) revisited
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 597–611
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Brosch, Ricarda (Brosch, Ricarda)
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5. Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in court dress, by Giuseppe Castiglione. 1736. Ink and colour on silk, 242.2 by 176 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Detail of one section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
10. Sheet nos.1–9 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, viewed from right to left.
Non-western art unattributed:
11. Sheet nos.11–16 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a Ru-bowl.
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Ru-bowl. Chinese, Northern Song Dynasty. 1086–1125. Glazed stoneware and copper, height 7.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the BM scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings, showing a jade ewer.
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Ewer. Chinese, Yuan period. (1271–1368). Jade, height 17 cm. (Ralph Wanger Collection of Chinese Jades, Chicago).
Non-western art unattributed:
16. Detail of the first section of the BM scroll.
Non-western art unattributed:
17. Part one of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Part two of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings showing how each antiquity sheet corresponds with a display cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
19. Detail of Fig.21, showing the decoration of the cabinet.
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Title slip of the BM scroll. Chinese. 1728. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (British Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Fig.9, showing the middle part of the second cabinet from the top right with the same form as Fig.21.
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Cabinet. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 19th century?. Wood with black and gold lacquer, 98 by 95.5 by 17.2 cm. (Private collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Antiquity wall in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Forbidden City. (From From Yangxindian, p.106).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. The Tai Mausoleum. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 18th century. Ink and colour on silk, 216 by 162 cm. (First Historical Archives, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
24. The Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, Western Qing Tombs, Yi county. (photograph the author).
Non-western art unattributed:
25. Interior of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum. Photograph, early 20th century. (From Liu Dunzhen: ‘Yixian Qing Xiling’, Zhongguo yingzao xueshe huikan (March 1935), pp.68–109, Appendix).
Non-western art unattributed:
26. Groundplan of the Hall of Eminent Favours at the Tai Mausoleum, tomb of the Yongzheng Emperor. (From Si-ling, p.97).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Title slip of the V&A scroll. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor in court dress. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. 1723–35. Ink and colour on silk, 277 by 143 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Detail of the first section of Pictures of ancient playthings. Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on paper, mounted on silk. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Detail of the first section of the V&A scroll, showing the placement of the first and second sheets.
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Sheet no.10 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
9. Sheet no.17 of the V&A scroll of Pictures of ancient playthings.
Non-western art unattributed:
The Pictures of ancient playthings (Guwantu 古玩圖). Chinese. 1729. Ink and colour on silk, total length 26.48 m. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London; obj. no.E.59-1911).
Western art unattributed:
27. The 16th Bengal Lancers, with J.S. Rivett-Carnac (top row, second from the left). Photograph, 1900. (New York Public Library Digital Collections).
Book Review
Owen Jones and the V&A: Ornament for a Modern Age
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 420–421
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Reviewer:
Varela Braga, Ariane (Varela Braga, Ariane)
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Owen Jones and the V&A: Ornament for a Modern Age By Olivia Horsfall Turner, 160 pp. incl. 150 col. + b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries and V&A Publishing, London, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–601–2 | :
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2. Design for Plate XLV of Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867), by Owen Jones. c.1866. Gouache and pencil on paper, 34.3 by 24.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Cylindrical vase. 1750–1820. Porcelain, red and blue underglaze, height 47.6cm; diameter 18.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 102–103
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Reviewer:
Walsh, Helen (Walsh, Helen)
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Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to now By Alun Graves, with a foreword by Tanya Harrod. 416 pp. incl. 919 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2023), £65. ISBN 978–0–500–48089–2. | :
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7. Optical pot, by Elizabeth Fritsch. 1980. Stoneware, height 31.1 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Four wooden ceilings from the Torrijos Palace, Toledo
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1272–1289
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McSweeney, Anna (McSweeney, Anna)
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Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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10. Tile panel possibly from the Torrijos Palace. Attributed to Hernando de Loaysa, Talavera de la Reina, c.1600. Tin-glazed earthenware. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
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19. Groundplan of the Torrijos Palace. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 [1894], p.104; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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2. Opening page of the 1902 article on the Torrijos Palace, showing a plaster lintel above a door in the palace. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos (April 1902), p.342; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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20. Exterior façade of the Torrijos Palace, showing the portal and one of the windows with a balcony. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 (1894), p.102; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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22. Staircase in the Torrijos Palace. (From E. María Repullés y Vargas: ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Resumen de Arquitectura 1 (1894), p.103; Biblioteca Nacional de España , Madrid).
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23. The groundplan shown in Fig.19, overlaid to show the location of the four ceilings, the main portal and the patio. (© Mariam Rosser-Owen). A. Ceiling from a room on the south-west side of Torrijos Palace, now in château de Villandry, Loire (Fig.12) B. Ceiling from a room on the north-west side of Torrijos Palace, now in the V&A (Fig.1) C. Staircase on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace (Fig.22) D. Ceiling from a room on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace, now in Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar (Fig.15) E. Ceiling from a room on the north-east side of Torrijos Palace, now in MAN (Fig.8) F. Portal on the east side of Torrijos Palace, now in Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retama (Fig.13) G. Courtyard of Torrijos Palace (Fig.4) H. Ceiling from a room on the south-east ceiling side of Torrijos Palace, now in Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco (Fig.5)
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25. The ceiling in Fig.8 shown in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, 1902. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos, April 1902, p.344).
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27. The ceiling in Fig.12 shown in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph. 1902. (From ‘El Palacio de Torrijos’, Por Esos Mundos, April 1902, p.346; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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29. Diagram of an interlace panel on a strapwork carpentry ceiling, by Diego López de Arenas. (From Breve compendio de la carpintería de lo blanco y tratado de alarifes, Seville 1633, repr. 1727; National Art Library Special Collections; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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3. The ceiling shown in Fig.1 in situ in the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, 1905. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Archive, Central Inventory Register, 1905, MA/30/233).
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30. Diagram of cartabones by Diego López de Arenas. (From Breve compendio de la carpintería de lo blanco y tratado de alarifes, Seville 1633, repr. 1727; National Art Library Special Collections; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Plaster cast of the frieze originally below the ceiling shown in Fig.1, c.1910. Plaster, each section approx. 150 by 110 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
1. A ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding; with modern plaster of Paris panels, width 6 m. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
11. Friezes from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster, 133 by 312 by 8 cm. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
12. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding, width approx. 5.5 m. (château de Villandry, Loire; photograph Frédéric Paillet).
Western art unattributed:
13. Portal from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. (Chapel, Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
14. Plinth for a statue of the Virgin on the altar of the chapel at Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar, made from part of the ceiling shown in Fig.15. Early sixteenth century, carved wood. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
15. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. Early sixteenth century. Carved wood. (Chapel, Finca El Alamín, Santa Cruz del Retamar; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
16. Ceiling in the grandest room of the palace at Ocaña. 1475–80. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
17. Ceiling in the Throne Hall of the Comares Palace, Alhambra, Granada. 1350. Wood, including pine and cedar, with painting, 11.3 by 11.3 m. (Photograph Simon Lane).
Western art unattributed:
18. Portal of the Colegiata del Santísimo Sacramento, Torrijos. 1509–18. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
21. Staircase in the palace at Ocaña. 1475–80. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
24. Panel from a frieze in the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster, 38 by 55 by 4 cm. (Museo Santa Cruz, Toledo; photograph Mariam Rosser-Owen).
Western art unattributed:
26. Section of the frieze from the ceiling shown in Fig.8. c.1490. Plaster. (Casa Platón Páramo, Oropesa; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
28. Exterior of the ceiling shown in Fig.8. (Photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
4. Courtyard of the Torrijos Palace. Photograph, c.1904. (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España, Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, VN-10440).
Western art unattributed:
5. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, including pine and walnut, with painting and gilding, width 5.72 m. (Museum of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Western art unattributed:
7. Panel from the original frieze below the ceiling shown in Fig.1. c.1490. Plaster, 29.5 by 58 by 5.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
8. Ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Wood, probably pine, with painting and gilding; 5.5 by 5.5 m. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Western art unattributed:
9. Lintel and doorway from the Torrijos Palace. c.1490. Plaster. (Casa Platón Páramo, Oropesa; photograph Peter Kelleher 2022).
Obituary
Michael Kauffmann (1931–2023)
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1258-1260
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Author:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
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Michael Kauffmann, photographed in his office at the Courtauld Institute of Art in Home House, Portman Square, London, shortly after his appointment as Director in 1985.
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