Jarasandha's Army Beseiges Mathura, from a Bhagavata Purana

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1988

  Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins, Potomac, MD, to 1988 [1]

  From 1988

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins in 1988

  Notes:

  [1] Said by the donor to have been purchased from a medical missionary who served in Nepal in the mid-1960s.

  The manuscript, of which this page is a part, appeared on the art market in the mid-1960s (according to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record).

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Krishna's Path of Grace (Saturday, March 15, 2025 - Sunday, August 24, 2025)

  Object of the Bi-Month (April 25, 1991 to March 21, 2007)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins

• Origin

  Nepal

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth X. Robbins

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1770s

• Name

  Robbins, Kenneth X.

• Place

  Nepal

• Topic

  Wars, Warrior, Art, Ganesha, Palace, Bhagavata Purana, Gate, Bow, Elephants, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Krishna, Animals, King, Archery, Horses, Chariot

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Tax Class

  Mammalia

• Tax Order

  Proboscidea

• Tax Family

  Elephantidae

• Tax Phylum

  Chordata

• Common Name

  Elephants

• Object Type

  Paintings

• Tax Kingdom

  Animalia