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daughters at the hands of Krishna. Finally, he decided to seek an alliance with another powerful ruler, Kalayavana, to mount his
eighteenth and final fearsome attack on Mathura.

The elderly king’s face is strong and purposeful. The painting is characterized by the individualized portraiture of each participant
in the procession, laid out against a spare ground of celadon and green. For further discussion on the album/ series to which this
illustration belongs, see the previous lot 378.

Compare the profile of Jarasandha and the faces of his attendants with an earlier folio in the Victoria and Albert Museum dated
circa 1740 depicting the disrobing of Draupadi, see W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London and New York,
1973, vol. II, p. 99, no. 14. Here the handiwork of Manaku’s workshop is apparent in the bold, confident lines. Also see another
illustration depicting the battle between Jarasandha and Krishna’s brother Balarama at the Yale University Art Gallery, accession
number 2001.138.32.

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