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Collection Online as of June 7, 2026

A horizontal gum tempera and ink painting depicts a courtly scene. On our left, a man with a medium skin tone stands in a lush garden with flowering bushes. Inside a white pavilion on our right, a man in green gestures toward a seated man in purple. Three men sit on a floral rug, while a servant stands on the far right fanning them against a gray wall with small, dark niches.

Shishupala arguing with Rukmini’s father, Bhishmaka, from a Rukmini Haran

c. 1800

possibly by Mola Ram

(Indian)
Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Image: 21.6 x 30.5 cm (8 1/2 x 12 in.); Overall: 24.5 x 33 cm (9 5/8 x 13 in.)
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1984.66
Location: Not on view
  • Indian Minature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 18, 2004 -
    Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); August 13, 2003 - February 18, 2004.
    Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
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