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| Keywords: The sage Vyasa with disciples observes his son Sukya approaching them like a ball of fire.jpg his page is from a manuscript of the Razmnama or Book of War copied in the late 16th century at the Mughal court It was the Persian translation commissioned by the emperor Akbar of the Sanskrit epic text the Mahabharata Here the sage Vyasa accompanied by three disciples in his hermitage observes his son Suka approaching them through the air like a ball of fire The painting was purchased for the museum from the executors of the late J C French with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund in 1955 1598 made Opaque water colour and gold on paper Height 19 7 cm picture only Width 10 5 cm picture only Victoria and Albert Museum object history The manuscript to which this page belongs has been dispersed but the main portion containing the dated colophon is now in the British Museum see G Meredith-Owens and R Pinder-Wilson A Persian Translation of the Mahabharata British Museum Quaterly vol 20 no 3 London 1956 pp 62-65 pl 19 20 credit line Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund accession number IS 121-1955 Razmnama painting http //collections vam ac uk/item/O112323/painting-the-sage-vyasa-with-disciples/ PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Vyasa | ||||
