House with a distant view

'Record heatwave of up to 45 deg C scorches much of Asia, and it’s going to get worse
The continent is experiencing the “worst April heatwave” in its history, said climatologist Maximiliano Herrera (Extreme Temperatures Around The World), who tracks extreme weather'
straitstimes.com/asia/record-he…

'Looted artefacts from the Asante kingdom are finally on display in Ghana, 150 years after British colonisers took them.
Ghanaians flocked to the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, the capital of Asante region, to welcome the 32 items home.'

(Close-up)
A Lady Smoking a Huqqa in a Field,
amidst flowering trees,
two maids stand behind her
Opaque watercolour on paper
Pahari School
Siba State (now in Himachal Pradesh),
c.1770-80

collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432883/p…
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

(Close-up)
A Girl under a Flowering Tree
Unknown artist
Pahari School
Kangra style
Late 18th century

britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…
© The Trustees of the British Museum

A buff sandstone figure of Salabhanjika
78 cm high
India, Madhya Pradesh,11th century

'Standing beneath a fruit-laden mango tree...her voluptuous forms enhanced by bracelets, a festooned girdle & multiple beaded necklaces swaying with her movement...'
christies.com/lotfinder/scul…
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(Three views)
Celestial Musician
(Gandharva)
Sculpture, Slate
1.035m high
Western Chalukyan period
Karnataka, Dharwar?
11th century

'A semidivine celestial musician to the gods is shown playing the flute, standing beneath the canopy of a flowering tree'
metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Sweet oranges are from N India
'an alteration of Arabic Naranj, from Persian Narang, from Sanskrit Naranga-s 'orange tree,' a word of uncertain origin'
'...brought to Europe 15C from India by Portuguese traders and quickly displaced the bitter variety...'
etymonline.com/search?q=Orange

My grandmother Lady Jasbir Kaur (Rani Lady Daljit Singh) by Amrita Shergill. From what I found she wasn’t her grandmother but the wife of Raja Sir Daljit Singh of #Kapurthala 1/2 #Art #History William Dalrymple Punjabi Rooh Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 Swati Vashishtha Jamal Jafri

Portrait of an Afghan Gentleman
by Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas laid on board, circa 1895
From the Jerwood Collection, Jerwood Foundation
artuk.org/discover/artwo…
And:
artuk.org/about/blog/25-…
via Art UK

अघासुर वध | অঘাসুর বধ । The slaying of Aghasur
Folio from a Bhagavat Puran manuscript
ca. 1800, Central India, Malwa
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection San Diego Museum of Art

Browsing through Binney's collection is such a pleasure. So many treasures to discover.

⒞ocky Johan Zoffany

' Robert Recorde (1510-58) also contributes the first use in any language of the equals sign as two parallel lines ('=')'
Offered for sale, New York, 7 May 2024
Estimated value: US$10,000 - US$15,000
A good addition to your library, Nassim Nicholas Taleb?

In few days... You will realise the importance of UP through the lives of 21 personalities… What they did? What they did not? What they tried but couldn’t do? What they should have done but couldn’t think of? Who should be credited/held responsible for today’s UP? Much more

Angels showering water / amrit on someone/something, flying boats in the upper portion with musicians. Sun in the centre. 19th cen #Deccan from Salar Jung Museum #Art #History #Amritkaal William Dalrymple Don't Panik Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 Punjabi Rooh Swati Vashishtha Art Historian* 🇮🇳