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Plate with Nandi in Center, Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur c. 1800. Cleveland Museum of Art (ID: 1989.352) Petal-shaped canopies filled with floral designs and birds encircle an image of Nandi, the white bull mount of the Hindu destroyer god Shiva. Together they form a lotus flower. The birds are individualized species, showing the care of the metalworker to depict nature in all its variety and splendor. The fowl include peacocks, parakeets, bluebirds, and possibly even Indian rollers. To make the birds’ wings and the details on Nandi, the artist used thin gold wire to create cells, called cloisons, that could then be filled with colored glass. Some of the red glass has been lost on the outer rim of the plate. (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Via Jordan Quill

Jai Singh I of Amber receiving Shivaji Maharaj a day before concluding the Treaty of Purandar (12 June 1665).

Unknown, Indian Krishna Defeats the Whirlwind Demon Trinavarta, leaf from a Bhagavata Purana Rajput, Pahari, Guler or Kangra school c. 1770 The Whirlwind demon, Trinavarta, seizes the five month old. Krishna dashes him to death against a stone. Set 40, Bharat Kala Bhavan III: Pahari Paintings Punjab Hills, Guler or Kangra India opaque watercolor on paper Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi (Banaras), Banaras Hindu University, Bharat Kala Bhavan, BKB #6854

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.

VIJAYA STAMBHA - INDIA

Chajja, or the overhanging roof, finds particular importance in the facade of Rajasthani architecture. Curved chajjas, said to have gained influence during the Mughal era, is however, more commonly seen in Rajput architecture in India