in bits and pieces
An engraved copper plate, Ratendeep (Deep) , copper vessel, copper Niaruin for pouring water on Saligram and a copper spoon for amrit on a brass Badrapeeth used by my grandparents ( 1868-1954).
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| Kasher Kh’ase (Kashmiri Teacups ) (Left) Loi hund Khos (Bronze Cup) (right) German Silver’uk Khos |
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| (left) An engraved brass vessel used for measuring the rice for cooking of a large joint family. Capacity of the vessel is about 3/4 of a seer. (right). An engraved copper tumbler kept for some religious rituals. |
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A 150 years old Shiva Painting by an unknown Kashmiri Pandit artist. I was told by my grandfather(1868-1954) that this painting was in our ancestral house before he was born.
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| Verinag Spring |
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| At one time only the local Kashmiri Fish (Sater Gad) used to be in Verinag Spring but since a number of years Rainbow trout has also found its way |
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| Copper vessel with lid on a wooden Badrapeeth used for worship of Saligram (Banalingas) and Parthishor on Sawan Purnamashi by Kashmiri Pandits in the past. At present the use of these artifacts is no longer in practice. |
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| A closer view of the above wooden Badrapeeth showing fine artistic carvings. |
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| Wooden tumbler and cups made of wood at Anantnag (South Kashmir). This art is no longer in vogue The artisans since long have taken to walnut carvings . All these items have been used by my grand parents 1868-1954 approx. and at present are in my personal collection |
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| Not an antique but an elephant shaped tea cosy . [Apparently quite appreciated in the west] |
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| Snow Covered Konsar Nag Lake (Kramasaras) in Spring |
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| Mollen pot hole in a snow covered valley in Pir Panjal Range. |
Both photographs have been taken in May 1954 and are from my post graduate thesis paper submitted in 1955. Mollen Pot hole is a well/pond like shape carved in a thick snow bed by the under flowing water.
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| A Beauty of the Valley by Gertrude Hadenfeldt |
Found this beauty in ‘The Charm of Kashmir’ (1920) by V.C. Scott O’connor (Vincent Clarence Scott, 1869-1945). Miss Gertrude. Hadenfeldt’s water color of Kashmir are still quite popular. She had spent around five years in the valley.
A photograph of of a Kashmiri Pandit Family taken in front of their farm house at a stones throw from the famous Neolithic site of Burzahom, Kashmir in 1930s.
Update: More info. from Man Mohan Munshi ji about the family in the photograph.
Mrs.Lakhshmi Fotedar, [At present in Noida]. Mrs. Jaya Razdan [at present in Orange county California. , Late Mrs. Uma Sumbli. Chairs: Late Mrs Gauri Munshi, Late Sham Lal Koul, Late Raghu Nath Koul, Late Jagan Nath Koul, Late Devki Koul front row sitting Mrs Rupa Koul[at present in Delhi] Manmohan Munshi[at present in Jammu] Kishni [present whereabouts unknown].
