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**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Mar 26

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

For #NationalPeacockDay :
Pair of Bracelets with #Peacocks
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur or Delhi, c. 1900
enameled & partially gilded silver inlaid with emeralds, rubies, glass, & silicate minerals; paint
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 in. (8.89 x 8.57 x 1.59 cm)
LACMA https://collections.lacma.org/node/226915
#BirdsInArt #IndianArt

photo of a pair of beweled bangle-style bracelets on grey background, one in front view and one in side view, each topped with a pair of peacocks, one facing right and one left

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Mar 22

Mar 22

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#FishFriday :
#Fish-shaped Box
India, Lucknow or Hyderabad, 19th c.
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, inlaid with silver & brass (bidri ware); L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (19.135.15a, b)
#IndianArt

photo of the label: “Fish-shaped Box India, Lucknow or Hyderabad, 19th century Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware) Gift of Robert W. and Lockwood de Forest, 1919 (19.135.15a, b) Although the technique of inlaying metal known as bidri was invented in the Deccan in the seventeenth century, and Hyderabad remained a center for this type of metalwork into the 1800s, Lucknow, in northeastern India, also became an important center for production of bidri ware in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.”

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Mar 14

Mar 14

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

Deer-Crocodile Composite Creature (Astrological Sign of Capricorn)
c. 1810-20
Made in India (Kangra, Himachal Pradesh)
Opaque watercolor on paper
On display at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010-1/6-1
#IndianArt

photo of the gallery label: “Deer-Crocodile Composite Creature (Astrological Sign of Capricorn) Around 1810-20 Made in India (Kangra, Himachal Pradesh) Opaque watercolor on paper This Indian composite creature, which combines the head and front legs of a blackbuck (also known as the Indian ante-lope) with the torso and back legs of a crocodile and the tail of a fish, represents Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac corresponding to December-January. The astrological sign of Capricorn is sometimes depicted as a half-goat, half-fish creature originating from Greek myth but this particular image derives from the makara, a legendary creature in Hindu mythology. See the volcanic stone head of a makara to the right. Gift of Nancy and Wayne Hunnicutt, 2010-1/6-1”

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jan 28

Jan 28

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#ManuscriptMonday :
“Solomon takes advice from the animals,”
from partial copy of Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli) by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi (d. 1504-5), painting inscribed to Dhanu; Agra, Mughal India, c. 1595-1600.
Detached folio, ink, colours & gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script with painting on recto.
Chester Beatty In 04.74 https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/In_04_74/1/LOG_0000/
See ALT for more info!
#IndianArt #MughalArt #IslamicArt #AnimalsInArt

“Solomon was known for his great wisdom, and for his ability to speak with all creatures. One day, he had the opportunity to drink the water of life, and to live forever. Hesitating, he decided first to take advice from the animals and birds. They all gathered at his court, and discussed the great decision. The heron advised the king not to choose immortality. There was only enough water for one person, the bird said, so if Solomon were to drink it, then he would outlive everyone he loved. This folio is from a copy of a highly-regarded Persian text, written by Husayn Va`izi Kashifi (d.1504-05), a preacher and scholar at the Timurid court in Herat (modern Afghanistan): <Lights of Canopus (Anvar-i Suhayli), a reworking of the animal fables Kalila and Dimna (Kalila wa Dimna)>. His patron was Amir Shaykh Suhayli, whose last name is punningly inserted into the new title. Writing in a sophisticated court style, Kashifi composed an updated version of these lively animal fables, which have a long transmission history going back to Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit texts. This manuscript was made in Mughal India, and features 96 paintings (mounted separately).”

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jan 17 *

Jan 17 *

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#Peacock Figure
Rajasthan, India, late 19th c.
Enameled gold & clear jewels
V & A Museum IM.266,A-1927 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68505/figure-unknown/
#BirdsInArt #IndianArt

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jan 14

Jan 14

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#MetalMonday :
Oil Lamp (samai) Finial in the Form of a #Rooster
India, Deccan, 17th c.
Copper alloy, 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (15.88 x 6.35 x 17.15 cm)
LACMA AC1993.152.1 https://collections.lacma.org/node/175002
#BirdsInArt #IndianArt

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jan 11

Jan 11

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

Pendant in the Form of an #Eagle Displayed
Deccan or Southern India, early 17th c.
Gold set with foiled diamonds, rubies, emeralds, & sapphires in gold kundan & wired pearls
8.5 x 6.5cm
The Khalili Collections JLY 2151 https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-pendant-in-the-form-of-an-eagle-displayed-jly2151/
#IndianArt #BirdsInArt

composite photo of the front and back of the eagle pendant on off-white background: front set in jewels, back mostly gold except continuation of rubies set on back of head

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Jan 11

Jan 11

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#Bird Ring
South India, possibly Mysore, 18th c.
“gold sheet, set with rubies, turquoise, emeralds and a pearl in gold kundan, decorated with granulation and a wired pearl”
4.3 x 2.5cm
The Khalili Collections JLY 1109: https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-ring-jly1109/
#BirdsInArt #IndianArt

composite photo of the bird ring, side and front views on white background

**Art History Animalia** @art_history_animalia@historians.social · Dec 28, 2024

Dec 28, 2024

Art History Animalia @art_history_animalia@historians.social

#FishFriday :
Kaligat painting of a #fish & #crustacean (cataloged as “A Lobster and a Fish”) by an unknown Indian artist, 19th c.?
gouache on paper, H 28 x W 45 cm
Wellcome Collection 583056i, via Art UK
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-lobster-and-a-fish-242947
#IndianArt
“Kalighat painting, named after the celebrated Hindu goddess Kali, originated from the folk art tradition of rural Bengal.”