The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Bhima Defeats Duryodhana," a folio from a Razmnama, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca. 1616 to 1617, ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, from the same manuscript patronized by 'Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Bairam Khan, the Khan-i Khanan, as the Arjuna folio 55.121.30, Rogers Fund, 1955. The record's own title names Bhima directly as the victor, accession number 55.121.32.
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The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its date, patronage and accession number, its own title naming Bhima directly as the victorious subject. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451316
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Arjuna directly: "Bairam Khan, the Khan-i Khanan, as the Arjuna folio 55.121.30, Rogers Fund, 1955."
This source names Duryodhana directly: "API record for "Bhima Defeats Duryodhana," a folio from a Razmnama, the Persian prose translation of the Mahabharata, ca."
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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