Ranjit Singh

Misschien dat de eerste foto een beetje als een vlag op een modderschuit
werkt maar het aantal boeken op de tentoonstelling was beperkt.
Als er dan een boek is, al was het niet echt om te lezen,
dan krijgt het toch een plaats in een bericht.

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Central Committee of Lahore (volgens mij niet een politiek orgaan maar de vereniging van zijdefabrikanten), Samples of silk fabrics, Lahore, Punjab, about 1862, sik, leather, paper, board and ink.

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Hafiz Muhammad Multani, Golden throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lahore, Punjab, 1820 – 1830, wood, resin, gold, velvet and wool.

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De achterzijde van de troon.


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Attributed to Kehar Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh with his favourite Raja Hira Singh attending as a cup bearer, Lahore, Punjab, about 1835 – 1838, watercolour and ink heightened with gold on paper.

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Shearwood & Co, Copy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Golden throne, commissioned by Lord Dalhousie (die van Dalhousie Square in Kolkata), Kolkata, about 1853 – 1854, mahogany, velvet and wool.

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Ranjit Singh

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Londen, The Wallace Collection, Ranjit Singh, Unknown armourer, Turban Helmet, probably Lahore, Punjab, 1825 – 1850, watered steel, iron, gold, brass, velvet and metal thread.

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Unknown artist, Meeting of Ranjit Singh and Jaswant Rao Holkar, Punjab plains, about 1805 – 1806, gouache heightened with gold on paper. De meeste ‘scholen’ in de Indiase kunst zijn streekgebonden: Delhi, Awadh enz. De ‘Company school’ heeft betrekking op werken en kunstenaars die in opdracht van medewerkers van de East India Company gemaakt zijn/werkten. Die werken voldeden dus meer aan de Westerse ‘smaak’.

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Unknown Company School artist, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lucknow, Awadh, about 1810 – 1820, tempera on paper.

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Wilkinson (blade) and unknown armourer (hilt), Sword likely to have belonged to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Kolkata (blade) and Lahore (hilt), about 1830s, steel, gold and silver.

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Mooie dagen

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Op 24 december, toen deze foto’s gemaakt werden, hoort de kerststal nog leeg te zijn. De St. Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata volgt die richtlijn nauwgezet.


Feestdagen

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De foto’s in dit bericht zijn gemaakt op Park Street in Kolkata (Calcutta) in India in aanloop naar Kerstmis (the Holiday Season).


Foto van de dag (2)

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De ruggen van deze stoelen zijn ruggen van boeken. Ik ben gaan voelen! (Barista Coffee, Park Street, Kolkata).