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Two panels with flower designs, possibly from a box
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Description
These fragmentary panels with symmetrically grouped flowering plants were possibly parts of a box. In the left panel, flowering rose plants flank a white lily with a morning glory below; in the right panel, hyacinths flank a carnation.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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c. 1650
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Material and technique
- wood, painted, covered with gold, and lacquered
- Dimensions
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frame 19 x 50 x 3 cm (height x width x depth)
left panel 7.3 x 22.4 x 0.8 cm approx. (height x width x depth)
right panel 7.3 x 14.5 x 0.8 cm approx. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.117
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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. 30 on p. 78, illus. p. 79
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- Returned to lender
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