Room 12

Indische Malerei 1100–1560

1100–1560, Indien, Mogul- und Pahari-Malerei

Buchmalerei und Albumblätter aus Indien aus den Jahren 1100 bis 1560. Zu sehen sind unter anderem Werke von Aniko, Mir 'Ali Haravi, Mushfiq und Tara 1. An den Höfen der Moguln, der Rajputen und im Himalaya-Vorland entsteht eine Malerei voller Farbe und Gold – für Bücher, Alben und Geschichten.

All works

• Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
• Votive initiation card (tsakali) with preaching Buddha Shakyamuni
• Seated Amitabha with Attendants
• Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
• Four-armed Maitreya
• Tantric Buddha Vairochana as Vajrasattva
• Portraits of Two Lineage Masters of the Kagyu Order: Phagmo Drupa (1110–1170) and Tashipel (1142–1210)
• Green Tara
• Monk Teaching Lay Disciple: Colophon page from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya of Devachandra
• Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master
• Lohans
• Lohans
• Guardian Kings: Dhrtarastra and Virupaksa
• Twenty-three Deity Nairatma Mandala
• Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
• Rustam Takes Aim at Ashkabus, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings)
• Tsong Khapa, Founder of the Geluk Order
• Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Indra Praises the Embryo of Mahavira in the Womb of the Brahman Woman Devananda
• Painting from a Kalpa-sutra: Queen Trishala Reclining
• Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha
• Four seated Masters
• An East African King Receives Three Emissaries, from a Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
• Kalpa-sutra manuscript with 24 illuminations
• Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album
• Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva of Compassion (Avalokiteshvara)
• Seated Jina Rishabha Enshrined, from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-Sutra
• Iconographic Sketchbook
• Folios A and B from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami
• Nanda and the elders, page from a Bhagavata Purana
• Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana
• The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana
• A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)
• The merchant hears of his wife’s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): First Night
• The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
• The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
• The infant son of the king of Isfahan responds to music, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirteenth Night
• Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tale XIII
• The invention of musical instruments from the intestines of a monkey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
• The origin of music from a fabulous bird of India which had seven holes in its beak, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fourteenth Night
• The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Fifteenth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
• The lion disturbed by mice who eat the food trapped in his aging teeth, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
• The wolf advises the lion to consult the cat, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
• The cat attacks the mice which disturb the lion, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifteenth Night
• The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras, charmed by the music of a vagabond, comes down to meet him, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
• The vagabond crosses a stream with the possessions of the daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras and absconds, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night
• The daughter-in-law of the king of Banaras sees the jackal deprived of its food by a bird, as it unsuccessfully attempts to catch a fish, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Sixteenth Night