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A Mandi royal family member receives a noble

c. 1700–1720

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Gum tempera and silver on paper
Page: 19.8 x 14.8 cm (7 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Image: 16.4 x 14.8 cm (6 7/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.99
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The man in mauve robe wears a Mughal sash bearing embroidered flowering plants.

Description

Two nobles dressed in royal apparel greet each other. The man in a pine green jama folds his hands in supplication to the one clad in a mauve robe. The man on the left is probably a raja, as he adorns his turban with a royal plume and raises his hand to bless the other.
  • ?–2018
    Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer, Beverly Hills, CA, partial sale and gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2018–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.99