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Scenes from the courtly hunt (Layli visits Majnun in the wilderness)

Creation date: ca. 1770

Creation place: India

Other Information

Type: Watercolor Painting

Medium and Support: Opaque watercolor on paper

Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection

Accession Number: 1990.551

State/Province: Telangana

Dimensions: 13 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (34.6 cm x 24.1 cm)

Provenance

Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York ( - March 31, 1964)

Edwin Binney 3rd, San Diego, California (March 31, 1964 - August 27, 1990)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (August 27, 1990 - )

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June 2007
Lyric Visions
Multiple vignettes, separated from one another by rocky escarpments, contain scenes that were amusing for this Deccani artist to create, as the inscription on the back, stating lilapata or play picture, indicates. A mythical bird attacks a dragon; a lion attacks a boar; a lady reminiscent of Shirin slays a lion; and among these various scenes, the emaciated Majnun with a parrot perching on his head sits under a tree while Leyli and her handmaid have come to hear him recite his poetry. In southern India of the late 18th century the story of Leyli and Majnun had become such a favorite that an image emblematic of the story, that of her visit to her beloved ascetic under a tree, is included among an unrelated grouping of wondrous and remarkable scenes.
Last Updated: 9/5/2017

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

The Mughal and Deccani Schools: Indian Miniature Painting from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd The Portland Art Association , 12/2/1973 - 3/7/1976

Lyric Visions from Nizami's "Quintet" , 6/14/2007 - 11/4/2007

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Dr. Edwin Binney, 3rd. The Mughal and Deccani Schools Portland Art Museum. Portland, Oregon, 1973
Page Number: 121, 131, Figure Number: 111

Toby Falk and Mildred Archer. Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. London, England, 1981
Page Number: 249 no 502 note

Molly Emma Aitken. The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting Yale University Press. New Haven and London, 2010
Page Number: 195, Figure Number: 4.46

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