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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.37
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Battle Between Ghatotkacha and Karna, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Mahabharata
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Mahabharata
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1670
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Southern India, Mysore or Tanjore
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213468

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
18 x 41.7 cm (7 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George Bickford (by 1991,).

Stuart Cary Welch (by 1999-2008,); to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Collector George Bickford died October 14, 1991. Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of George Bickford
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.202.37
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a detached folio from a manuscript of the Mahabharata. The text is written in black ink in Devanagari script on both sides, and on the recto it surrounds a painting. The painting depicts a climactic moment in the Kurukshetra war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Specifically, this is the battle between the magically-powered and comparatively coarse-featured Ghatotkacha (upper right, identified by a label in the margin above) and Karna, the best fighter on the Kaurava side.

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