Markandeya Refers Jaimuni to the Four Wise Birds

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Markandeya Refers Jaimuni to the Four Wise Birds

Datec. 1800–1820

Made inGuler, India

MediumGouache with gold on paper

DimensionsSheet: 10 1/2 × 12 7/16 in. (26.6 × 31.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz

Object number2013.61

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Department

Asian Art

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PAINTING

Provenance[Sotheby's London, February 1, 1960, lot 107]; F.H. North, November 1962; William and Mildred Archer Collection; [Christie's London, September 23, 2005, lot 51] [1]; [Simon M.W. Ray, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.

[1] Sold under the title, Jaimuni Kneeling before Markandeya.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Image page, recto: inscribed in ink, above image, top center edge: 2
Image page, recto: inscribed in graphite, above image, top center edge: 2
Image page, verso: inscribed in red ink, top left edge: [illegible] \ L/WS/- [encircled in rectangle]
Image page, verso: inscribed in blue ink, top left edge: Kangra 1850
Text page, recto: inscribed in graphite, top left corner: 229
Text page, recto: inscribed in ink, top center edge: 2 \ [two lines of Sanskrit text from the opening canto of the Markandeya Purana]
Text page: recto: inscribed in graphite, lower center: show blue

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