Manuscript folio
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The poet Sundar Das before Emperor Shah Jahan, folio from a <em>Sundar Shringar</em>

Attributed to Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

ca. 1750-1760

Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
H x W (image): 14.7 × 23.6 cm (5 13/16 × 9 5/16 in)
Culture
Himalayan peoples
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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