
(ca.1850), Drums on Parade. (Collection R.E.)

- Mahmud, in Mongol dress, Conquers Quasdar in India. The Master of Battle Scenes, 900-1000(ca.)

1205-India, The Face of a Water Clock (detail).

1336-Battle of Minatogawa. Kusunoki Masashige rallying his men. Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Two of three panels. Triptych published in 1857. (Collection R. E.)

Angel.

Northern India, Mahabharata 1598-99(Ca.)-Persian reconstruction, (1605), Razmnama: The Book of War.

Kettle Drums, England, ca. 1640.

Early mechanized Kettledrum, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy.

1862, Kuniaki ga (1830-99). Two Kabuki actors. (collection R.E.)
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Siddhartha Ghai
December 19, 2013 at 7:54 am
The water clock image is not from India, but apparently from an illustration of the castle clock of Al Jazari. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_clock
The following image is from an illustration currently in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.