Intoxicated Mystics and Assorted Subjects
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Caption
Indian. Intoxicated Mystics and Assorted Subjects, ca. 1775. Watercolor on paper with gold, sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (40.0 x 29.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 84.183. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
Intoxicated Mystics and Assorted Subjects
Date
ca. 1775
Geography
Place made: Lucknow, Oudh, India
Medium
Watercolor on paper with gold
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (40.0 x 29.2 cm)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, in gold or white pigment, identify figures from catalogue: Lower left, near man on horseback lassoing man riding on elephant, in white pigment, in Persian, in nastaliq script: Rustam the hero; lower right corner, in gold pigment, in Persian, in nastaliq script: The young Miza Javan-Bakht and Shah 'Alam Padshah. (trans. M. Adib)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
84.183
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