Gallery 9,10 and 11 is the Children’s section and has a marvelous
assemblage of toys from all over the world. It displays puppets, model
trains and objects acquired by Salar Jung III during his childhood.
Gallery 12 is a very shallow porch with stags,
deer etc in glass cabinets.
Gallery 14 contains carved ivory works belonging
to 18th and 19th century. Ivory chairs presented to Tippu Sultan by Louis
XV of France, inlaid tables, early 20th century German circus figures,
chess sets, mat with ivory thread, lantern from Mysore etc some of the
exhibits. The Mughal Queen in the standing posture is the special attraction
of this gallery.
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Gallery 18 shows a representative selection of Indian miniatures like
Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahari and Deccani paintings.
Gallery 15 and 16 contains metal ware and European
artifacts including the world famous statue of Veiled Rebecca, her beautiful
face hazily visible through a flimsy marble veil. Another equally famous
sculpture is a 19th century double-figure sycamore wood carving done by
G.H Benzoni, an Italian sculptor. The front view of the figure shows the
facade of Mephistopheles and the back view of the figure showing Margaretta
is seen reflected in the mirror placed behind. There are the two of the
most famous attractions of the museum.
Gallery 16A includes guns, daggers, shields and
swords including that of Mughal emperor Aurangazeb, Tippu Sultan, Mohammad
Shah and from the Qutb Shahi period with engravings of the Dasavatara
etc.
Gallery 17 is dedicated to ornately decorated
metal ware like huqqa, trays etc. Gallery 17A contains oil paintings by
Ravi Verma and Abanindranath tagore.
Gallery 20 on the first floor has a collection
of European paintings. The vast collection includes 'Piazzo of San Marco'
by Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768), 'Soap Bubbles' by Fransesco Hayez of
Italy, 19th century work, 'Venice' by Marc Aldine of Italy etc.
Gallery 21 to 24 is the large assemblage of European
pottery, furniture, bronzes and glassware. Pottery items range from Dresden
(Germany), Sevres (France), Capodimonte (Italy) to Wedgewood and English
porcelain. Gallery 24 has glass ware exhibits from England,
Austria, Ireland, Venice, France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Turkey etc
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