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"description": "The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1525\u201340. Northern India. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 16.3 x 21.5 cm (6 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski, 1976.26",
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"description": "Krishna sporting with the gopis in the Jumna River, from a Bhagavata Purana, c. 1525\u201340. Northern India. Gum tempera and ink on paper; overall: 16.5 x 22.2 cm (6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin N. Haas, 1971.171",
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"description": "In a page from a manuscript about the life of the Hindu god Krishna, Krishna\u2019s foster father, wearing green, confers about moving their community to a new location. Their current village has been beset by demons sent by the evil king to kill Krishna.
Typical of South Asian compositions of the early 1500s, figures and other elements are arranged in horizontal rows. Above, in the story of an encounter between a gardener and a merchant\u2019s daughter who wants a rose, we see use of the same Mughal convention, shown with a more natural conceptualization of space. Mughal compositions were often based on earlier illustrations.",
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