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.
Marriage procession in a bazaar
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Description
A princely bridegroom on a horse is escorted to his wedding by riders, attendants and musicians. Painted by a Mughal-trained master working at the Hill court of Mandi, this procession scene gives an unusually vivid view of a prosperous 17th century bazaar. The shops sell brass vessels, pan (betel-leaf), sweets, glass or ceramic flasks and vases, knives, daggers and sword-hilts, textiles, and grains and pulses.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north-west India › Punjab Hills › Himachal Pradesh › Mandi (place of creation)
- Date
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1640 - 1650
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 47.5 x 64 x 1.8 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 35 x 52 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.28
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Further reading
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 21 April-22 August 1982, The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, Robert Skelton, ed. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982), no. 160 on p. 64, p. 31, illus. p. 63 fig. 4
London: National Portrait Gallery, 19 October 1990-17 March 1991, The Raj: India and the British, 1600-1947, C. A. Bayly, ed. (London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1990), no. 26 on p. 52, illus. p. 52 fig. 26
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. 49 on p. 122, p. 18, illus. pp. 2 & 123
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- Returned to lender
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