Sadhus Gathered Around a Fire
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Caption
Indian. Sadhus Gathered Around a Fire, ca. 1600. Opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 3/16 in. (40.5 x 28.4 cm) image: 8 13/16 x 4 11/16 in. (22.4 x 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 39.85. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Culture
Title
Sadhus Gathered Around a Fire
Date
ca. 1600
Dynasty
Mughal
Geography
Place made: India
Medium
Opaque watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 3/16 in. (40.5 x 28.4 cm) image: 8 13/16 x 4 11/16 in. (22.4 x 11.9 cm)
Inscriptions
Three collectors' seals on border: including the seal of the library of Suleiyman Jah and one reading "To each book of mine like the design of Bismallah," and the third, "The pen of Majd Ali Shah, the King of the Times" dated 1244 A.H./1829; Persian calligraphy on verso (translated by Maryam Ekhtiar)
Credit Line
By exchange
Accession Number
39.85
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