id:			136298
accession number:	1960.184
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Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces: Leaf from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana", c. 1760–65. Northern India, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahari Kingdom of Basohli. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 28 x 38.3 cm (11 x 15 1/16 in.); overall: 30.2 x 41 cm (11 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Mundane Club, 1960.184

title:				Pradyumna and Samvara fight with maces: Leaf from the "Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana"
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creation date:			c. 1760–65
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1770
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creditline:			Gift of the Mundane Club
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culture:	Northern India, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahari Kingdom of Basohli
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Image: 28 x 38.3 cm (11 x 15 1/16 in.); Overall: 30.2 x 41 cm (11 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Artlens Exhibition 2017
	opening date:   2017-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Artlens Exhibition 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1960–
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		146204
	Akrura Rides toward Dwarka, page from the large Basohli Bhagavata Purana, c. 1760–65. Northern India, Jammu and Kashmir, Pahari Kingdom of Basohli. Gum tempera and ink on paper; image: 27.5 x 37.8 cm (10 13/16 x 14 7/8 in.); overall: 30.6 x 40.2 cm (12 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1971.94
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	id: 		146203
	Pradyumna and Mayavati Fly to Dvaraka, from the Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana, c. 1760–65. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 28.1 x 38.5 cm (11 1/16 x 15 3/16 in.); overall: 30.5 x 41.2 cm (12 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.93
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	id: 		141755
	Brahma Hides the Cowherds and the Calves in the Cave, page from a  Bhagavata Purana, c. 1760–65. India, Pahari Hills, Basholi School, 18th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 27.5 x 37.8 cm (10 13/16 x 14 7/8 in.); overall: 30.6 x 40.2 cm (12 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meyer, 1965.335
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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 106iii
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IMAGES

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