Chanda in her palace, from a Laur-Chanda manuscript

Object Details

• School/Tradition

  Pre-Mughal school

• Description

  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.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Delhi-Agra, North India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Joyce and Kenneth Robbins

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1540s, 1530s

• Place

  Delhi-Agra, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Fans, Art, Palace, Woman, Delhi Sultanate (1206 - 1526)

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Paintings