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Accession number:
MS M.1017
Title:
[A court scene from a Nala-Damayantī series].
Created:
[Himachal Pradesh, India, ca. 1800-1825]
Credit:
Gift; Paul F. Walter; 1979.
Description:
1 single leaf : paper, ill. ; 297 x 399 mm.
Provenance:
Paul F. Walter.
Notes:
Ms. Basohli School or Chamba School miniature; illuminated in Himachal Pradesh, ca. 1800-1825.
"The story of Nala and Damayantī is one of the most poignant secondary tales of the Mahābhārata. Around 1150, this story became the subject of a makākāvya ... by Śrīarṣa, known as Naiṣadhacarita"--Cf. Schmitz.
"Another leaf from this manuscript is in the Brooklyn Museum"--Cf. Schmitz.
Miniature measures 248 x 354 mm.
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