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Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin

(from 2nd Feb until 22nd Apr 2012)

Explore the remarkable collection of Indian paintings and drawings of the artist Howard Hodgkin.

Detail of Maharaja Dhiraj Singh riding, Raghugarh, India, c.1700 (Museum No: LI118.34)
Découpage with Persian calligraphyfront

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Découpage with Persian calligraphy

  • loan

  • Description

    This type of découpé and appliqué paper design originated in Persia and Turkey. The calligraphic text is an Arabic quatrain in nastaliq script. It is addressed to Qanbar, the slave of the Imam Ali (son-in-law of the Prophet) who was put to death by the tyrant al-Hajjaj because of his loyalty to his master. In the background is a spiralling double scroll motif with floral offshoots.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › India › south India › Karnataka › Bijapur (probable place of creation)
    Date
    1630 - 1640
    Artist/maker
    ‘Ali (active c. 1630 - 1640) (artist)
    Material and technique
    gouache on black paper, with white découpage
    Dimensions
    frame 46.1 x 34.7 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
    mount 42.5 x 32 cm (height x width)
    calligraphy 20 x 10 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    cut
    Object type index
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › album,
    visual representation › papercut
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.99

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 42 on p. 106, illus. p. 107

Glossary

Imam

  • Imam

    (from the Arabic) Leader of prayers in congregational mosques. In Shi'a Islam, imams are infalliable spiritual guides and divinely appointed successors of the prophet Muhammad.

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    • Returned to lender

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