#ramayana #mahabharat # jaipur #alberthall – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:09:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #ramayana #mahabharat # jaipur #alberthall – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 The Mahabharata and Ramayana shields in Jaipur’s Albert Hall Museum https://ranasafvi.com/the-mahabharata-and-ramayana-shields-in-jaipurs-albert-hall-museum/ https://ranasafvi.com/the-mahabharata-and-ramayana-shields-in-jaipurs-albert-hall-museum/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:09:15 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38334

The Ramayana and Mahabharat silver plated copper shield in Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur.
Made in 19th c by Ganga Baksh
The scenes are based on the illustrations of Persian translations of Ramayana and Mahabharat done on Akbar’s orders. Both the original translations are locked up in the Kapad Dwara collection in Jaipur City Palace museum, due to a family dispute over property.

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Gallery Text :

The presentation of the emperor amplifies the formula evolved during the reigns of Akbar and Jahangir. Shah Jahan is exquisitely dressed and richly adorned with jewels, his imperial rank emphasized by his radiating halo and the hovering angels borrowed from European art. The skills of many craftsmen and designers of the Mughal court—jewelers, weavers, architects, feather workers, armorers, stonecutters, and others—are represented here. This is Chitarman’s earliest dated picture, painted soon after Shah Jahan’s accession.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451270

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