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[Scenes from the story of the abduction of Rukmiṇī, from a Bhāgavata Purāṇa].

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Accession number: 
MS M.994
Title: 
[Scenes from the story of the abduction of Rukmiṇī, from a Bhāgavata Purāṇa].
Created: 
Madhya Pradesh, India, ca. 1650.
Credit: 
Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1978.
Description: 
1 single leaf (1 line) : paper, ill. ; 171 x 200 mm
Provenance: 
Maharaja of Datia; Paul F. Walter.
Notes: 

Ms. Datia School miniature; written and illuminated in Madhya Pradesh, probably locally for the royal library of the princely state of Datia, ca. 1650.
Miniature measures 137 x 178 mm.
The Inscription is a caption and is in nāgarī script.
Contains on verso the collection stamp of the Maharaja of Datia with the number 63; one of two fol. from this Bhāgavata Purāṇa that is held in the Pierpont Morgan Library; the other leaf is identified as Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.1060.8.

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Century: 
17th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Paper
Single leaves
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts