A folio from an illustrated Razmnama manuscript, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca. 1616 to 1617, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, showing Bhima defeating Duryodhana. From the same manuscript, patronized by 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Bairam Khan, the Khan-i Khanan, as the Metropolitan Museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 55.121.32, Rogers Fund, 1955.
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Custody
Custody HistoryLike most dispersed Mughal era manuscripts, the Khan-i Khanan Razmnama was broken up and its folios scattered across collections by art dealers in the twentieth century; this folio and its Arjuna companion piece both reached the Metropolitan Museum through the Rogers Fund in 1955, while other folios from the same original bound volume are held by institutions elsewhere. 1 Physical Form
MediumFolio from an illustrated manuscript, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, ca. 1616 to 1617, Metropolitan Museum of Art 55.121.32 1 Classification
Object TypeManuscript Illumination 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Arjuna directly: "Khanan, as the Metropolitan Museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30."
Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This source names Duryodhana directly: "gold on paper, showing Bhima defeating Duryodhana."
Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Belongs to Tradition
Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
Bhima, Figures The Met's own collection API title names Bhima directly as the victor over Duryodhana, a documented culminating episode of the Mahabharata war, folio from the same Khan-i Khanan Razmnama series as the museum's Arjuna folio 55.121.30.
Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
India, Regions Source Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Bhima Defeats Duryodhana, accession 55.121.32 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artcatalogue record, medium/object-type description
A folio from an illustrated Razmnama manuscript, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca.
Originated In: India, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
India
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