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Sultan Abdullah Qutb Shah

c 1660 #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Golconda #Deccan from the coln. of Mary & Cheney Cowles sold by Christies for £292,100.

In 1636, #ShahJahan invaded Deccan & forced upon the Sultan the 'Deed of Submission' which included an increase in Tribute & replacement of #Shia with #Suni #Religion.
This led the local #Artists to incorporate #Mughal styles in their #Paintings as seen in this case.

#ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Art #IndianHeritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt

This striking & absorptive c1600 ce #IndianMiniaturePainting is one of the few 16-17th century #Mughal examples of 'The Virgin Mary Standing in a Prayer'.

From the Mary & Cheney Cowles collection, this painting fetched £152,400 at the Christies Inc. auction on the 28th April, 2026.

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #Religion #Christanity #Histodons #MastoArt #Painting #MughalArt #MughalEmpire

'The Great Snake Advanced / Akbar Emerged Victorious'

An illustration from the first #Akbarnama

This c1590 CE painting of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar subduing a Cobra was auctioned by Christie's on 28th April, 2026 for £107,950.

#IndianMiniaturePainting #arthistory #art #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Paintings #Snake #Reptiles #Histodons #MastoArt

Not #Zhongnanhai Garden but in this c1650 ca #Mughal painting 'A Prince Seated on a Rock in a Garden, Reading a Book, is Approached by a Holy Man'

From the collection of the 14th Duke of Fragnito on the Bonhams sale of May 21.

Estimated: £30,000-50,000.

#IndianHeritage #Art #History #IndianMiniaturePainting #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Painting #MughalArt #MastoArt #Histodons #Heritage

On Bonhams upcoming sale on May 21, this c1760 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to #Artist Fattu or a follower of #Manaku of #Guler #HimachalPradesh of 'Lord #Krishna & Gopis (Cow-herders) Forcing their way out of the Mouth of the Snake-Demon Aghasura and Killing it'.

An illustration from the large #Basohli Bhagvata Puran.

Estimated price £100,000-150,000.

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #IndianMythology #Religion #Hinduism #IndianHistory #Hertage #History #MastoArt #Histodons

'The Angel Raphael Greeting Tobias'.

This c1600 CE hitherto unpublished #MughalArt from the atelier of the #Mughal emperor #Akbar and presently from the collection of Mary & Cheney Cowles was sold by Christie's on April 28, 2026 (yesterday) for £254,000 against an estimated £50,000.

#IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #ArtHistory #Heritage #IndianHistory #ArtOfTheDay #History #Histodons #MastoArt

In case the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA & #Iran at #Islamabad fails tomorrow, an 'Archer Inspects his Arrow' to prepare him for the next step in this c1610 CE #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be sold by Christies Inc. on April 28, 2026

#TrumpsWars #IndianHeritage #History #Heritage #ArtHistory #Art #Painting #IndianHistory #India #artoftheday #MastoArt #Histodons #IranWar

A Courtier Reads the #Ceasefire agreement between #USA #Israel & #Iran in this 1608 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting ascribed to the #Mughal #Artist #Manohar from the Mary & Cheney Coles collection to be auctioned by Christie's on April 28,2026 (estimate £80,000-120,000)

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #History #Art #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #Heritage #ArtOfTheDay #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

c1715 AD unpublished #IndianMiniaturePainting of the #Mughal ruler #Farrukhsiyar, (r.1713-19) by #Artist Kalyan Das (#Chitarman II ) is on Sotheby's sale today, March 24, 2026 (est. £8000-12,000).

This rare #Painting by Chitarman, mostly associated with Farrukhsiyar, represents an important bridge between classical 17th cent. Mughal painting traditions & evolving 18th cent. painting styles.

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #MastoArt #Histodons

c1770 AD #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Nurpur #HimachalPradesh now on display at Nehru Gallery (Room no. 41) of Victoria and Albert Museum, London of 'Lord #Krishna & Radha Celebrating the #Holi Festival, Throwing Colors at one another'

#HappyHoli to all those celebrating Holi.

#FestivalOfColors #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #Painting #IndianMythology #History #Heritage #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #Festival #HoliCelebration #MastoArt #Histodons

Exceptional results from Sothebys 29th Oct 2025 sale

This c1850 #Sikh #Painting by Bishen Singh #Amritsar or #Lahore of 'Maharaja Ranjit Singh of #Punjab, #India in Procession, Riding on an Elephant through a Bazar' sold for £952,500 (est £200,000)

The French inscriptions indicate that this #Art was commissioned by French Army Generals working with the #SikhEmpire as advisors against #EastIndiaCompany

#ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianArt #History #Heritage #ArtofTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt

A splendid c1618 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting of Gujarati minor Rulers Rao Bharah & Jassa Ram now at Victoria and Albert #Museum London

When #Jahangirnama (Memoirs of the Mughal ruler #Jahangir) was being made, the #Mughal court was in #Ahmedabad giving #Artist #Bishandas the only opportunity (this was the only time he travelled outside his province) to study these two minor Rulers of #Gujarat!

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'Troops Attacking a Besieged City with a Hero Assaulting a Breach in the Walls'

This c1820 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi will be on @bonhams1793 auction on 25th May 2025

#IndoPakWar #SayNoToWar #IndianArmy #PakistanArmy

#ArtHistory #Heritage #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Painting #MastoArt #Histodons

'A Prince Drinks Water Drawn from a Well by Village Maidens'
On #WorldWaterDay (March 22)

c1770 CE Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh sold by Sothebys on March 20 for $ 9525

Another good news as summers approach: #Mangoes on the tree are almost ripe for harvesting!

#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #Art #History #Heritage #WaterDay #Mango #Entertainment #IndianHistory #MughalArt #Painting #SummerVibes #SummerTime #ArtOfTheDay #Histodons #MastoArt

Home just in time for the #Janmashtami2024 this 10th century #Chola era bronze idol of 'Kaliya Kalki' (Dancing #Krishna) stolen & smuggled out of #India by smuggler Subhash Kapoor & sold to (late) Douglas Latchford in 2005 for $650,000 has been recovered & returned by Thailand

After Latchford's death, his daughter gave his property to the Thai Government

#IndianHeritage #ArtHistory #IndianHistory #Religion #Hinduism #AncientIndia #Heritage #History #MastoArt #Histodons
#Hindu God #Festival

Sold by Bonhams yesterday for US$ 1,080,000 this 70 centimetres high 3rd century Schist Gable Relief of the Teaching #Buddha from #Gandhara #Afghanistan

The Seven Tatagatha Buddhas of the Past & the Future Buddha #Maitreya are depicted in the lower row
The depiction of the 7 Historical Buddhas can be traced to #SanchiStupa in #Sanchi in #MadhyaPradesh #India

#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #AncientIndia #Religion #Buddhism #MastoArt

#HappyNowruz

Today is the New Year of the Parsees, the followers of #Zoroastrianism #Religion whose ancestors originally came to #India from #Persia #Iran in the 7th & 8th centuries AD

Here #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir celebrates the #PersianNewYear of #Nowruz in this c1617 CE #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to #Artist Manohar from the St. Petersburg Album now at the Russian Academy of Sciences

#Art #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Histodons #MastoArt

Today is #Navroz2023 #PersianNewYear an ancient non #Islamic #Festival still celebrated in #Iran with fervor.

As most of the followers of #Zoroastrian #Religion live in #Mumbai #Bombay #India it is also celebrated here with a public #Holiday to enable #Parsees (as they are known here) to celebrate the #Festival

This c1620 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Manohar II of #Navroz Darbar of #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir from Cary Welch collection now at #Harvard Library

#Art #IndianHeritage

Nawab Abdullah Khan Qutab al-Mulk of #Allahabad (now renamed #Prayagraj in #UttarPradesh) Seated with his Lady in a Garden

c1760 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow #Awadh from Sir John Soane's Album now at Soane #Museum London

The album, assembled in 1823, contains 37 folios, mostly #Mughal #Paintings

#India #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Art #Painting #Museums #MughalEmpire #BritishInIndia #Heritage #MastoArt #History #FamilyTime #Entertainment #Love #Romance

A Romantic Tryst at Night!
'Lord #Krishna Meeting His Beloved at Night'
An illustration from the Rasikapriya of Keshav Das.
Dated 1694 AD, this #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting is by artist Nuruddin of #Bikaner #Rajasthan #India
From the collection of Ludwig Habighorst sold by Christie's on Oct 27, 2022 for £44,100.

#Art #IndianHeritage #Religion #Hinduism #Hindu #Painting #IndianCulture #IndianMythology #Paintings #MastoArt #IndianReligions #History #Heritage #Mythology #Rajasthani #Culture