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Walters Ms. W.701, Single leaf of Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse

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Shelf mark

W.701


Manuscript

Single leaf of Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse


Text title
Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse

Abstract

This painting depicts Mullah Dū Piyāzah (Two Onions) riding an emaciated horse and dates to the middle of the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It was produced in India, perhaps Hyderabad. Mullah Dū Piyāzah, who features largely in folk verses and folk tales, was allegedly a jokester at the court of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (949 AH / 1542 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). The witticisms of this character are directed at the Mughal elite, including Akbar himself. The painting is framed by a light green border with illuminated floral and fauna motifs.


Date

Mid 12th century AH / 18th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable


Support material

Paper

Mounted on pasteboard


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

21.0 cm wide by 33.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Image: 12.2 cm wide by 19.5 cm high

Contents:
fols. W.701a - W.701b:
  1. Title: Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse
  2. Decoration note: Light green borders with illuminated floral and fauna motifs

Decoration:

fol. W.701a:

  1. W.701, fol. W.701a
  2. Title: Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: This painting depicts Mullah Dū Piyāzah (Two Onions) riding an emaciated horse and dates to the middle of the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. It was produced in India, perhaps Hyderabad. Mullah Dū Piyāzah, who features largely in folk verses and folk tales, was allegedly a jokester at the court of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar (949 AH / 1542 CE -- 1014 AH / 1605 CE). The witticisms of this character are directed at the Mughal elite, including Akbar himself. The painting is framed by a light green border with illuminated floral and fauna motifs.

fol. W.701b:

  1. W.701, fol. W.701b
  2. Title: Mullah Du Piyaza riding a horse (back)
  3. Form: Back

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Bibliography

Van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Johanna E. "Caricatures in Indian and South-East Asian Art." The Adyar Library Bulletin 25 (1961): 616-621.


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.