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A Dolphin (Shishumara) Attacks a Woman, Folio from a Yashodhara Charita (Life of Yashodhara)1454

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Illustrated manuscript page with Devanagari script, showing three yellow-skinned figures in stylized blue water alongside a green creature with a beak and clawed feet

Unknown, A Dolphin (Shishumara) Attacks a Woman, Folio from a Yashodhara Charita (Life of Yashodhara), 1454, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Paul F. Walter, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
A Dolphin (Shishumara) Attacks a Woman, Folio from a Yashodhara Charita (Life of Yashodhara)
Place Made
India, Madhya Pradesh (?)
Date Made
1454
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 2 3/8 x 4 in. (6.03 x 10.16 cm); Sheet: 4 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (12.07 x 26.99 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Paul F. Walter
Accession Number
M.90.86.1
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Painting, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
  • The Art Museum. London: Phaidon Press, 2011.