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A supplicant at a Hindu temple
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Description
In this unidentified scene a worshipper respectfully approaches a Hindu temple, where a priest receives him and various yogis look on with interest. The temple architecture is largely fantastical, with its Islamic arabesque decoration and geometric tilework. But several sculptures of Hindu deities are shown, including goddesses at each side of the temple door. As in some other Hamzanama pages, the faces have been mutilated by a pious Muslim hand and later crudely repainted.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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c. 1570
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Associated people
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Akbar (ruled 1556 - 1605) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on cotton cloth
- Dimensions
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frame 84.4 x 67.6 x 2.7 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 70.2 x 53.3 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.2
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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. 3 on p. 28, pp. 17, 24, 30, & 34, illus. p. 29
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- Returned to lender
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