Narada and Suka

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mughal Empire (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the sage Narada giving religious instruction to Suka, son of Vyasa, as related to Yudhisthira by Bhishma in the Santi Parva of the Mahabharata. Illustration from a manuscript of the Razm-nama, a Persian translation of the Mahabharata.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Narada and Suka (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Narada and Suka, illustration from the Razm-nama, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, 1598
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting the sage Narada giving religious instruction to Suka, son of Vyasa, as related to Yudhisthira by Bhishma in the Santi Parva of the Mahabharata. Illustration from a manuscript of the Razm-nama, a Persian translation of the Mahabharata.
Dimensions	Height: 302mm Width: 170mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 238mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 132mm 12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description	The sage Narada giving religious instruction to Suka, son of Vyasa, as related to Yudhisthira by Bhishma in the Santi Parva of the Mahabharata. Illustration from a manuscript of the Razm-nama, a Persian translation of the Mahabharata.
Style	Mughal
Subjects depicted	Men Narada Suka Narada
Bibliographic reference	The Mahabharata, tr. Pratapa Chandra Ray, 11, Canti Parva vol II, Calcutta, 1891, p. 715 ff.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.457-1950

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434109/narada-and-suka-painting-unknown/

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