id:			141303
accession number:	1964.52
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.52
updated:		2023-05-27 11:01:43.804000

The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars), c. 1610–17. India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 38 x 22.4 cm (14 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund 1964.52

title:				The First Adventure of the White Horse, Page from the Khan Khanan's Razm Nama (Book of Wars)
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creation date:			c. 1610–17
creation date earliest:		1605
creation date latest:		1622
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creditline:			James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	India, Subimperial Mughal school, 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 38 x 22.4 cm (14 15/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 13, 2003–February 18, 2004).

* <em>Main gallery rotation (gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2015–April 4, 2016).

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After the five Pandava brothers defeated their cousins, the oldest, who became king, performed an ancient Vedic ritual known as the horse sacrifice in order to determine the physical extent of his rule. For one year a horse wanders freely around the country, attended by warriors, and every land through which the horse passes becomes part of the king’s territory. The warriors go to battle with any local resistance. In this case, the warrior following the horse is Arjuna, one of the five Pandava brothers. He has encountered the son-in-law of the god of fire, Agni, who creates a river of fire to block the warriors. In a dramatic composition set on the banks of the swirling golden river of fire, running diagonally down the page between multicolored rocky outcrops, Arjuna, dark-skinned and crowned, pleads with Agni, the god of fire. He prays that the horse be allowed to pass, saying that the horse sacrifice is in accordance with sacred Vedic injunctions, and that at the end of the year, the horse will be sacrificed to him, the god of fire himself.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		136467
	Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama, c. 1610 (?) - 1617. Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century). Ink and color with gold on paper; overall: 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1960.44
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