Jarasandha’s army advances toward Krishna and Balarama, folio from a Mahabharata

Kangra school Recto: The names of the principal figures have been inscribed on the painting. (Upper right, on the white wall of the thatched hut) Krishna, Balibhadra [another name for Balarama who is also called Bali and Balabhadra] (Upper left, on the blue bolster behind the king’s knee) Jarasandha Verso: (top center) numerals 38 in takri To 1968 Antique Arts, Bombay, India. [1] From 1968 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Antique Arts, Bombay, India in June 1968. [2] From 2001 to 2018 Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3] From 2018 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [4] Notes: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in 1968 from Antique Arts, Bombay, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. [4] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Antique Arts (Indian) Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim