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| Keywords: D3987191x.jpg A LEAF FROM THE RAZMNAMA Mughal India AH 1025/1616 AD Gouache heightened with gold on paper the feast at Hastinapura after the arrival of the white horse Krishna converses with Yudhishthira in a palace surrounded by courtiers and women with lines of black naskh above verso with full text page slight flaking lower edges defective Folio 13½ x 8¾in 35 x 22 5cm AH 1025/1616 AD Gouache heightened with gold on paper Folio 13½ x 8¾in 35 x 22 5cm object history credit line This leaf comes form a dispersed copy of the Razmnama an abridged Persian translation of the Hindu epic the Mahabharata which was originally commissioned for the Emperor Akbar in 1582 This copy was dated 1025/1616 It is illustrated in the Mughal style with strong Hindu tendencies The leading artist to work on this manuscript was Fazl He signed many of the miniatures and is known to have worked on other manuscripts produced outside the Mughal Court for 'Abdul Rahim Khan Khan Khanan an important patron of the day accession number A LEAF FROM THE RAZMNAMA Christie's online 3987191 http //67 52 109 59 8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search 0040/74/title-asc/designation-asc t state flow 6d7f58ba-2a6c-4240-9432-e62414fc98d8 http //www harekrsna com/sun/features/05-10/features1740 htm PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Razmnama | ||||
