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last quarter of the 17th century · Ink and opaque watercolor on paper · Asian Art

In this early Bilaspur miniature, a king seated on a terrace and flanked by attendants delivers a rolled up scroll or letter to a messenger. Trees and sky are visible beyond the wall of the terrace, and below an attendant stands guard in an archway of the front wall of the terrace court. To either side of him are water gardens.

Artist

Unknown

Date

last quarter of the 17th century

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Culture

India (Punjab Hills, Bilaspur)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1987