A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
c. 1760–70
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s)
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
A night scene of Shiva puja (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760–70. Attributed to Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian, active mid-1700s), Ahmad al-Husaini. Opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso); page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.350 The linga is a stylized phallic symbol denoting the creative capacities of Shiva.
- Maker/Artist
- Muhammad Rizavi Hindi
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor with gold on paper, wide borders of pink paper (recto); gold on blue paper, four lines of thuluth calligraphy (verso)
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, gold, paper, wide, borders, pink, recto, blue, lines, thuluth, calligraphy, verso
- Dimensions
- Page: 28.2 x 24.1 cm (11 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2013.350
- Credit Line
- Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Exhibitions
- <em>Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections</em>. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (March 4-31, 1968)., <em>Art and Stories from Mughal India</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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