#Mughal art

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday:

Portrait of a Ladakhi Mountain Goat [Changthangi*]

India, Mughal dynasty, c.1601-25

Opaque watercolor, ink, gold on paper

37.9 × 25.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

The Art Institute of Chicago 1919.944: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76868/portrait-of-a-ladakhi-mountain-goat

🆔 “The Changthangi [aka Changpa, Ladakh Pashmina, Kashmiri] is a breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in northern India. It is closely associated with the nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau….The intense cold of the region causes the goats to grow a thick undercoat, which is harvested to produce the fine pashmina grade of cashmere.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changtha

#IndianArt #SouthAsianArt

[memories-of-ancients]

Emerald with the seal of Emperor Jahangir, Mughal Empire (India), 1018 AH (1609-1610 AD)

from The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

[the-puffinry]

made a transparent version of the human headed turtle from a copy of ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwīnī (d. 1283/682) i posted yesterday to crawl across your dashboard.

[topcat77]

Two Orioles (c. 1610), unknown artist, Mughal, India.

Howard Hodgkin Indian Collection Trust

[mothmiso]

Photowalk March 2018 (2) (3) (4) by hasham2

Via Flickr:

(1) Mosque of wazir khan (2) Decorated ceiling from mughal era (3) Gateway to mosque (4) Persian couplet on gateway     

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Haidar 'Ali and Ibrahim Khan, Sultan Muhammad 'Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan Riding an Elephant, ca. 1645, Mughal period, watercolor/paper (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

[mehreenkhan]

Maine dekha tha un dinon main use -Mohsin Naqvi

[desimonewayland]

Women by a garden pool, 1780-1790

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Yale University Art Gallery

[kaalbela]

Basawan and Suraj Gujrati. Illustration from Baburnama or Memoirs of Babur, ca. 183-1530.

Baburnama is an autobiographical account by Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, a descendant of Timur and the first Mughal king of India. The miniatures are from an illustrated copy of the Baburnama prepared for the author's grandson, the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar’s commissions were divided up among teams of artists working at the court, and often two painters collaborated on a single image, in addition to the calligraphers. This particular illustration is attributed to Basawan, responsible for the composition and the drawing, and Suraj Gujarati, who painted it. The miniatures reflect the culture of the Mughal court at Delhi, and are important as evidence of the tradition of exquisite miniature painting which developed at the court of Timur and his successors. Timurid miniatures are among the greatest artistic achievements of the Islamic world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

[jinjurloaf]

Princess Jahanara aged 18 (1632)

[vulturesouls]

A kneeling peri offering a flower.

Probably Mughal in the style of Bukhara, ca. 1555 AD

British Museum

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #NationalMothWeek:

Mughal miniature of an Atlas Moth, dated to the reign of Jahangir (r.1605-1627)

Brush in colors, black, white & gold, gouache, on paper; sheet H 214 mm × W 152 mm

Rijksmuseum RP-T-1993-116

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and pearl drop pendant, Mughal Empire (India), 982 AH (1574-1575 AD)

from The Museum of Islamic Arts, Qatar

[pierrotsoup]

a few mid timurid dynasty (akbar-aurangzeb) prince serves ... .they hate to see you in a gorg brightly colored outfit before ur mustache has even grown in ... I wish falconry was a global phenomenon in the year 2024

[lotussed]

Mughal, two dancers. Source: Sothebys

[mothmiso]

Photowalk March 2018 (2) (3) (4) (5) by hasham2

Via Flickr:

(3) Reflections of vazir khan mosque (5) Decorated pulpit arch and calligraphy