EditorialMosque and temple in India, 18th century. Grand mosque with minnarets near the town of Arcot, with an Arcot Nawab's mausoleum nearby 1, and Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kind...
EditorialShaiva Saint Appar, Holding a Spade. India; Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur. Date: 1301-1400. Dimensions: 59.7 x 22.0 x 18.6 cm (23 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.). Bronze. Origin: Thanjavur.
EditorialRaja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the...
EditorialPagoda of Brihadeeswarar Temple or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialGuarded Dagger (Katar), 16th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 7 oz. (652 g), Daggers.
EditorialDagger (Katar), 16th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 7.9 oz. (677.6 g), Daggers.
EditorialGuarded Dagger (Katar), 17th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 22 in. (55.9 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 9.2 oz. (714.4 g), Daggers.
EditorialHiranyakashipu, The Demon-King, ca. 1700?1750, Southern India, Tamil Nadu, probably Thanjavur district, Wood with cloth and polychrome, H. 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. 22 in. (55.9 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Sculpture, Only the two small fangs that protrude ...
EditorialDagger (Bichuwa), 17th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur, Steel, brass, silver, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); H. of blade 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Wt. 8.1 oz. (229.6 g), Daggers.
EditorialDagger (Katar), 17th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 20 9/16 in. (52.2 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4.1 oz. (569.8 g), Daggers.
EditorialDagger (Katar), 17th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 22 in. (55.9 cm); W. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 8.1 oz. (683.2 g), Daggers.
EditorialDagger (Katar), 16th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 21 1/8 in. (53.7 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 7.9 oz. (677.6 g), Daggers.
EditorialDagger (Katar), early 17th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; straight blade, European, Steel, H. 16 11/16 in. (42.4 cm); W. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 4.3 oz. (575.5 g), Daggers.
EditorialGuarded Dagger (Katar), 16th century, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, Indian, Thanjavur; blade, European, Steel, L. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 7 oz. (652 g), Daggers.
EditorialRaja Shivaji, last Raja of Thanjavur (Tanjore), Bhonsie dynasty. Seated on a carpet, waited on by courtiers and servants. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bonatti after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the...
EditorialPagoda of Brihadeeswarar Temple or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialMosque and temple in India, 18th century. Grand mosque with minnarets near the town of Arcot, with an Arcot Nawab's mausoleum nearby 1, and Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kind...
EditorialBrihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, India. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) wa...