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A LEAF FROM THE RAZMNAMA
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A LEAF FROM THE RAZMNAMA

MUGHAL INDIA, AH 1025/1616 AD

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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.)
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian Fund
Sold Sotheby's London, 12 April 1976, lot 80
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Lot Essay

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.

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