18th-century Himalayas
Works in this room
Works made in the Himalayas in the 18th century.
North wall
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 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