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The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This painting depicts Mullah Dū Piyāzah (Two Onions) riding an emaciated horse and dates to the middle of the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It was produced in India, perhaps Hyderabad. Mullah Dū Piyāzah, who features largely in folk verses and folk tales, was allegedly a jokester at the court of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (949 AH / 1542 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). The witticisms of this character are directed at the Mughal elite, including Akbar himself. The painting is framed by a light green border with illuminated floral and fauna motifs.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Johanna E. "Caricatures in Indian and South-East Asian Art." The Adyar Library Bulletin 25 (1961): 616-621.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
India
Mid 12th century AH / 18th CE
leaf
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
India
Mid 12th century AH / 18th CE
leaf
No linguistic content; Not applicable
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This painting depicts Mullah Dū Piyāzah (Two Onions) riding an emaciated horse and dates to the middle of the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It was produced in India, perhaps Hyderabad. Mullah Dū Piyāzah, who features largely in folk verses and folk tales, was allegedly a jokester at the court of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (949 AH / 1542 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). The witticisms of this character are directed at the Mughal elite, including Akbar himself. The painting is framed by a light green border with illuminated floral and fauna motifs.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Johanna E. "Caricatures in Indian and South-East Asian Art." The Adyar Library Bulletin 25 (1961): 616-621.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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