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| Keywords: Ali Adil Shah II.jpg en Sultan 'Ali 'Adil Shah II Made in Bijapur Karnataka India c 1670 Artist/maker unknown India Karnataka Bijapur Opaque watercolor and gold on paper 10 5/16 x 6 1/16 inches 26 2 x 15 4 cm Currently not on view 2004-149-38 Alvin O Bellak Collection 2004 Label During the reign of Sultan 'Ali 'Adil Shah II of Bijapur reigned 1656-72 ruler of one of the five Islamic kingdoms of the Deccan the threat of Mughal military domination increased In painting however the Deccani preference for fanciful decorative compositions reasserted itself over the Mughal naturalism that had filtered into Bijapuri painting during the previous three decades The sultan stands in a strange landscape; a small hill gives way to a mysterious field of gray that ends abruptly at a group of pink and blue rocks where birds perform aerial tricks 'Ali 'Adil Shah is oddly drawn his fingers distorted to follow the shape of his shield rather than the form of human anatomy http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/96048 html mulR 5018 Author ~ 1670 PD-art Ali Adil Shah II Small-sized paintings Paintings of men of Karnataka 17th-century Mughal miniatures Watercolor paintings of men of India Karnataka in the 1670s 1670s paintings from India | ||||
