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Painting - The sage Vyasa with disciples observes his son Sukya approaching them like a ball of fire
  • The sage Vyasa with disciples observes his son Sukya approaching them like a ball of fire
    Banwari
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The sage Vyasa with disciples observes his son Sukya approaching them like a ball of fire

  • Object:

    Painting

  • Place of origin:

    Pakistan (possibly, made)
    India (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    1598 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Banwari (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Opaque water colour and gold on paper

  • Credit Line:

    Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund

  • Museum number:

    IS.121-1955

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This page is from a manuscript of the Razmnama, or Book of War, copied in the late 16th century at the Mughal court. It was the Persian translation commissioned by the emperor Akbar of the Sanskrit epic text, the Mahabharata. Here, the sage Vyasa accompanied by three disciples in his hermitage, observes his son, Suka, approaching them through the air like a ball of fire.The painting was purchased for the museum from the executors of the late J. C. French with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund in 1955.

Physical description

The sage Vyasa accompanied by three disciples in his hermitage observes his son, Suka, approaching them through the air like a ball of fire.

Place of Origin

Pakistan (possibly, made)
India (possibly, made)

Date

1598 (made)

Artist/maker

Banwari (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Opaque water colour and gold on paper

Marks and inscriptions

Banwari Khurd Banwari the Younger

Dimensions

Height: 19.7 cm picture only, Width: 10.5 cm picture only, Width: 11.07 cm picture only, Height: 31.6 cm folio, Width: 17.4 cm folio

Historical context note

The manuscript to which this page belongs has been dispersed but the main portion containing the dated colophon is now in the British Museum (see G. Meredith-Owens and R. Pinder-Wilson, "A Persian Translation of the Mahabharata", British Museum Quaterly, vol. 20, no. 3, London 1956, pp. 62-65, pl. 19, 20.

Descriptive line

Folio from a Razmnama manuscript

Categories

Manuscripts; Illustration; Paintings

Collection code

SSEA

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