Collections Highlights - South Asia and the Himalayas

Highlights from SOAS' object and artwork collection from South Asia and the Himalayas

    Painting of 21 forms of the goddess Tara, East Tibet, 19th - 20th century
    Painted mica overlays depicting different tradespeople, probably Company School, India, 19th century.
    Thakur Sher Singh of Tantoti hog hunting, 1820, Rajasthan, India
    Tibetan Thangka depicting Shakyamuni, Tibet, 18th -19th century
    Tibetan Thangka depicting Vajrabhairava and his consort, Vajra Vetali, Tibet, 18th -19th century
    Tibetan Thangka depicting Prince Siddhartha, Tibet, 18th -19th century
    Brass betel container
    Bidri ware pot, probably Karnataka, Southern India, 19th Century
    Painting of a mural from Alakar Kovil (?), Tamil Nandu, India, 20th C.
    Bidri ware flask, India, late 19th century
    Shiva, Parvati, Ganesh, Nandi and two Consorts, Rahman Chitrakar, 2011, West Bengal, India
    Painting of the Tamil god Aiyanar, K. M. Adimoolam, probably 1970s
    The Nudes, Jamil Naqsh, Karachi, Pakistan, 1960s
    Durga defeating Mahisha, Rahman Chitrakar, 2011, West Bengal, India
    I’ve Coloured her Blue, Bashir Mirza, Karachi, Pakistan, 1964
    The Pigeons, Jamil Naqsh, Karachi, Pakistan, 1963
    Krishna and Balarama, Jamini Roy, India, 1940s

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