18th-century Himalayas
Works in this room
Works made in the Himalayas in the 18th century.
North wall
Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigersHans Raj Joshi, 1787Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli seriesManaku, ca. 1735-1740Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution The poet Sundar Das before Emperor Shah Jahan, folio from a Sundar ShringarNainsukh, ca. 1750-1760Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution