Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

Browse: 146 objects

Sheet of flower studiesfront

© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Reference URL
?

Actions

Send e-mail

Contact us about this object

Send e-mail

Send to a friend

Sheet of flower studies

  • loan

  • Description

    This rare surviving sheet of Mughal flower studies includes specimens of lilies, narcissus, iris, tulip, carnation, poppy, anemone and campion among other flowers. They show varying degrees of naturalism or artifice. A few are imaginary or composite creations, of a kind found in the floral repertory of Mughal architectural ornament, textiles, metalwork and other decorative arts.

  • Details

    show all
    Associated place
    Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1650
    Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
    Material and technique
    brush drawing on paper
    Dimensions
    frame 28.8 x 35 x 1.5 cm (height x width x depth)
    painting 20.8 x 26.8 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    drawn (image) › line drawing › brush drawing
    Object type index
    visual representation › painting,
    visual representation › drawing
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
    Accession no.
    LI118.69

  • 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. 29 on p. 76, p. 74, illus. p. 77

Past Exhibition

see (1)

Location

    • Returned to lender

Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.

 

© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum