Room 41: South Asia
The Nehru Gallery displays jewellery, textiles, furniture, arms and armour, metalwork and paintings of the Mughal and British periods (16th-19th centuries)
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Room 47b: South Asian Sculpture
A display of sculptures and devotional objects from the Indian subcontinent
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Indian company paintings
Company painting is a broad term for a variety of Indian hybrid styles that developed as a result of European influence
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Indian tea set
This tea set is the work of the renowned Oomersi Mawji, Court Silversmith to the ruler of Kutch, now in Gujarat, western India
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The British in South Asia
Due to the popularity of painted and printed cottons (chintzes), textiles dominated trade between India and Britain
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Portrait miniatures: India
In 1785 the miniaturists John Smart, Ozias Humphry and Diana Hill independently made the six-month voyage by boat to India.
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South & South-East Asia collections: staff & areas of expertise
India & South-East Asia: Staff & Areas of Expertise
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V&A working in and with India
V&A curators and conservators are frequent visitors to Indian art institutions, working with several museums on a variety of projects. Research visits are also often made b…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography (HB)
Figures and Fictions presents the work of 17 South African photographers, all of whom are currently living and working in the country. It features wor…
Buy nowEvent - Indian Arrival Day
Fri 24 May 2013 18:30
SPECIAL EVENT: Explore the aftermath of the transatlantic slave trade, the growth of material prosperity as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and mass migration of an indentured labour force from the Indian subcontinent to east and south Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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