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| Name of the Collection | Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Photographs, Negatives, Postcards and Picture-Series, 1966-1988 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Photographs, 1957-1988 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 22 |
| Abstract | Photographs of sculptures, paintings and other artifacts from the De La Reunion Des Musees Nationaux in Paris, France. They include: 1. Gandhara art, Bamiyan school painting of a stylised head of a boar, on plaster of earth and roll straw coating from Afghanistan. 2. Painting from Tun-Huang, China of a Buddhist monk loaded with sutras and accompanied by a tiger, housed in Guimet Museum, Paris. 3. Painting on silk from Tun-Huang, China of a Buddhist monk loaded with sutras. 4. Fragment of a mural painting from Duldur Aqur, Xinjiang. 5. The legs of a chair in shaped/turned wood 6. High relief with six characters – Art of Gandhara, Pakistan. 7. Fragments of a fresco – painting on torchis covered in of the tonsure, of the Emperor Wu of Leang from the beginning of the Ming dynasty, China. 8. Painting from Tun-Huang, of a Chinese pilgrim monk, either Hsuan-tsang or Tao-ming, walking on a cloud carrying manuscripts with a tiger by his side. 9. Funerary figurine from the Tang dynasty, China of a standing civil servant in 3 coloured glass. 10. Baked Earth cast of an orant (worshipper/donor) from Subashi, Kucha in Xinjiang, China. |
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| Keywords | Sculpture; Painting; Artefact; De La Reunion Des Musees Nationaux; Paris; France; Gandhara; Art; Bamiyan; Afghanisthan; Tun-Huang; China; Buddhist monk; Sutra; Guimet Museum; Tiger; Tun-Huang; China; Mural; Dukpure; Aqur; Xinjiang; Pakistan; India; Emperor Wu; Leang; Ming Dynasty; Hsuan-tsang; Tao-Ming; Subashi |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1985 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1985 |
| Extent | 8 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Black & White |
| Language | |
| Remarks | pp. 4 typed description of photographs |
| Source/Link | |
| Donor | Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust) |
| Donation Date | March 2018 |
| Custodian | Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India) |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
