A prince listening to music provided by a kinnara playing cymbals and the vishi Narada, patron saint of music, playing the vina. Illustration to the musical mode Sri Raga. 20 x 13 cm.
The artist Einar Jolin (1890-1976), Stockholm, and with his own annotation on the backboard: "Acquired by Einar Jolin in Bombay Febr 1934".
Thence by descent.
Orientaliska miniatyrer. 'Oriental miniatures and manuscripts in Scandinavian collections", Nationalmuseum Stockholm, March -31st August 1957, no 191.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, catalogue no 240; Oriental miniatures and manuscripts in Scandinavian collections (compiled by Nils Lindhagen in collaborotaion with W. G Archer and B. W. Robinson), no 191.