MUGHAL, CIRCA 1616

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A COMPOSITE RAZMNAMA ILLUSTRATION
MUGHAL, CIRCA 1616
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Arjuna is killed by his son Babhnu Vahana in battle, composed of elements of at least six different miniatures from the same manuscript, glazed and framed, areas of wear
Folio 11 x 9¼in. (27.9 x 23.5cm.)

Provenance

The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, sold Sotheby's London, 21 April 1980, lot 114, (to the present owner).

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Sale room notice

The various sections of this composite lot can all be attributed to the Mughal artist Fazl.

Lot Essay

This miniature comes from a dispersed copy of the Razmnama, a Persian translation of the Hindu Mahabharata which was orignially comissioned by Akbar in 1582. This copy was dated AH 1025/1616 AD. The leading artist working on this manuscript was Fazl, and his signature is found on many of the illustrations. His work is found in several manuscripts made for Abdur Rahim, a courtier, general and poet of Akbar's time (S.C.Welch, The Art of Mughal India, New York, 1963, pl. 33, p. 74)

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