cover image: Chanda in her palace, from a Laur-Chanda manuscript

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Chanda in her palace, from a Laur-Chanda manuscript

Pre-Mughal School Manuscript page depicting three female figures under a pavilion. The center figure is shown seated on a chair/throne with a servant standing behind her holding a fan; the third figure sits or kneels before the others. Below is a panel showing a window or door and three ewers on stands. National Museum of Asian Art Collection
india art woman south asians fan fans naskh script palace south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples delhi sultanate (1206 - 1526)
Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1540
Dates
Delhi Sultanate period
Format
Opaque watercolor on paper
Pages
H x W (overall): 25.2 x 18.9 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S1995.146
Rights
Gift of Joyce and Kenneth Robbins
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3a31e3bf76f1f888ae0166131136adff

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