id:			170828
accession number:	2013.319
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.319
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:58.996000

A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq), early 1600s. Mughal India. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: 37.6 x 26.6 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.319

title:				A floral fantasy of animals and birds (Waq-waq)
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	Mughal India
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 37.6 x 26.6 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

	title:		Nature Supernatural
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>A Flower From Every Meadow</em>. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY; Center for Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, CA; Albright-Know Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY (1973)', 'opening_date': '1973-01-01T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013-June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Motichand Khajanchi, Bikaner, India, to Ralph Benkaim
	date: ?–December 1967
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: December 1967–2013
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2013–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fraser, Marcus. <em>Deccan and Mughal Paintings: The Collection of Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim.</em> Volume 2. England: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: cat. no. 55, pp. 82-89.
	url:		http://library.clevelandart.org/benkaim-collection

	<em>India 1966: A Pictorial Diary Depicting Indian Birds and Animals </em>[= India 1966: <em>agenda illustre sur les oiseaux et animaux l'Inde</em> = India 1966: <em>ein Bildkalender indischer Vögel und Tiere</em>]. New Delhi: Government of India, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: back cover.
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	Welch, Stuart Cary, and Mark Zebrowski.<em> A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1973.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 60, frontispiece
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	The Connoisseur: An Illustrated Magazine for Collectors (May 1973)
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 48.
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	<em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 64, no. 2 (2014): p. 227.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 227, fig. 13.
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	Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie. “Art and Stories: Dazzling paintings and luxurious objects tell tales from Mughal India.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 4 (July/August 2016): 5-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Cover; Mentioned: p. 6.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-04

	Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. <em>Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories: the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. London: D Giles Limited, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 28, Figure 4.75; Mentioned: pp. 220-22, 319.
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	Okada, Amina. <em>Les Animaux Magiques dans la Peinture Indienne.</em> [Paris] : Circonflexe, 2017.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 7, 10
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	Lal, Ruby. <em>Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan</em>. New York, NY : W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: color plate after p. 142
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	Singh, Kavita, editor. <em>Scent Upon a Southern Breeze: The Synaesthetic Arts of the Deccan</em>. Mumbai, India: Marg Foundation, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 10, p. 101, and back cover
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	"Permanent Collection Installations: Nature Supernatural." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 63, no. 4 (2023): 18-19.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 18; Mentioned: P. 19.
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