The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series / Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
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- Accession Number
- 1969/2.19
- Title
- The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Gujarat (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Gujarat (state)
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund
- Dimensions
- 13.5 cm x 28.3 cm (5 5/16 in. x 11 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- narrative painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- album leaf
- Physical Description
- A scene takes place in a red box, lined with black and red diamond and triangle designs for borders. In the center, a woman sites with a child in her lap. She wears a spotted dress, her hair up, and a nose ring and bindi. The child reaches one hand and places it atop her head, and the other down towards her own upward hands. Surrounding them are seven other figures. One kneels before them, offering his hands up, and another fans the woman from behind. The remaining five figures seem to play together in front of the throne on which the woman and child sit.
- Subject Matter
- Gadhari, daughter of the King of Gandhar and wife of Dhritarashtra, was blessed by Rishi Vyasa to have 100 sons. She was pregnant for two years, and finally gave birth to a mass of flesh. Vyasa instructed her to cut the flesh into 101 pieces and places them in jars, one for each of 100 sons and one for a daughter. In two more years, the jars provided her with her 101 children of the Kaurava clan.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1179 x 669
- File Size
- 118 KB
- Record
- 1969/2.19
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"The birth of the Kauravas from a Mahabharata series; Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.19/1969_2.19.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
