AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE DVADASA BHAVA: MIR KANAK IN CHINA SURROUNDED BY HIS FOLLOWERS
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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE DVADASA BHAVA: MRIGANK IN CHINA SURROUNDED BY HIS FOLLOWERS

Mughal court artist at Allahabad, North India, 1600-1605

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE DVADASA BHAVA: MRIGANK IN CHINA SURROUNDED BY HIS FOLLOWERS
Mughal court artist at Allahabad, North India, 1600-1605
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper, two lines of black nasta'liq above and below, the reverse with 15ll. black, red and gold nasta'liq, colored ruled margins each side, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 6 ¾ x 4 3/8 in. (16.9 x 11.3 cm.); folio 13 x 8 ½ in. (33.2 x 21.7 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 11 July 1972, part lot 45.

Lot Essay

The story begins with the narrator recovering consciousness having passed out for a day. He wakes to find himself somewhere unfamiliar and after walking a very long distance in confusion he arrives at a city. It then jumps to Mrigank gathering his followers to carry out a holy washing ceremony, which ends in a discussion with one of his followers called Kab Das.
The artist of this painting in the original catalogue was identified as “Artist A.” As in the previous lot the rocks are pronounced and there is a very playful attention to the detail shown in the scenes happening in the background.

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