The Mouseion · Asia & the Islamic World · South & Southeast Asia

South & Southeast Asia

Gods and guardians in stone and bronze, Mughal and Rajput miniatures painted with a single-hair brush, and the art of the courts and temples from the Himalayas to Java.

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On the walls this month

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  Ceremonial Standard ('Alam) — 17th/18th century, Brass with pierced and engraved decoration
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Krishna Watches a Juggler, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari — c. 1750-1790, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Maharana Bhim Singh in Procession — Ghasi, c. 1820, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  The Upper Himmalayahs. View on the New Road between India and China. Mt. Pangi with the Snowy Peaks of China in the Distance — Samuel Bourne (1834–1912), 1863 or 1866, albumen print
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Prince and Princess Hunting Blackbuck — Mid–18th century, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  View from the Top of the Rock, looking over the native Town, Trichinopoly, India — Nicholas & Co., 1878, albumen print
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Kichik Beg Wounded during Babur's Attack on Qalat, from a copy of the Baburnama (Book of Babur) — Mughal (1590–1630), c. 1590, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Kirwuttee, A Temple, India — William Henry Pigou (1818–1858), c. 1857, albumen print from paper negative
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Arjuna Slays Karna, from a copy of the Razmnama — Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1616-1617, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu River (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funawatashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido) — Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), c. 1837/42, Color woodblock print; chuban
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Caves of Karlie: No. 1, The Approach — William Johnson, 1855–62, albumen print
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Holi Festival in a Walled Garden with Celebrants — c. 1764, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir with Sons and Courtiers — Bourne & Shepherd, 1870s, albumen print
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Prince Visiting an Ascetic during a Hunt — Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1625-1650, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido) — Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), c. 1837/42, Color woodblock print; chuban
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi) — Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806), c. 1800, Color woodblock print; hashira-e
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night — Bihzad, c. 1560, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Seduction Scene on a Terrace by Moonlight — Mughal, 18th century, Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Krishna Fluting for the Gopis — Late 18th or early 19th century, Opaque watercolor, gold and tin alloy on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  I'timad-ud-Daula's Tomb at Agra — c. 1820, Watercolor on paper watermarked J. Whatman with pencil, pen, ink and gold
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Lovers in a Zenana Garden at Night — Mughal, 17th/18th century, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Portrait of a Beauty — Mughal, 17th century, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Indian Encampment — Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919), c. 1877–85, Oil on artist's board or particle board
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  India — Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet (1845–1929), 1865–68, published 1869–70, album with 39 albumen prints
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Photographs of Northern India — Samuel Bourne (1834–1912), 1863–70, Album of 50 albumen prints
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Cranes on snow-covered pine — Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), c. 1834, Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Mughal ruler Humayun defeating the Afghans before reconquering India, folio from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602) — c. 1590, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Hardwar, India — Edward Lear (1812–1888), 1875, Watecolor over pencil, heightened with white
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Corner Railing Pillar with Drinking Scenes, Yakshis, and Musicians — 100s CE, red sandstone
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Standing Buddha — 150–200 CE, schist
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Bracket with Two Musicians — 100s CE, schist
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Necklace Bead in the Form of a Fish — 185–72 BCE, gold repoussé with granulation
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Amorous Couple (Mithuna) — 400s, terracotta
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Bodhisattva Head — 3rd century, Stucco with pigment
  Original: The Art Institute of Chicago
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  Agni, God of Fire — c. 1000, sandstone
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art
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  Necklace Bead in the Form of a Fish — 185–72 BCE, gold repoussé with granulation
  Original: The Cleveland Museum of Art

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• The Islamic World — From Spain to India: calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts, tiles, carpets, metalwork and glass. Pattern and the…

Where the works come from

Every work in the Mouseion is a real piece, out of copyright everywhere, shown from the open collections of the museums that hold it — each label names the original’s museum and links to its page there.

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access
• The Art Institute of Chicago — public-domain collection
• The Cleveland Museum of Art — Open Access
• Wikimedia Commons — public-domain photographs of works held elsewhere