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TITLE OF WORK: The Mongol emperor Akbar watching two dancers
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
DATE: 1580
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Illustration on a page from the "Akbar-nâma" showing the emperor Akbar entertained in the palace of Mâlwâ in 1590. The dancers in strange costumes are probably Portuguese from Goa.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India
DANCE FORM: traditional, court
KEYWORDS: royalty, Moslem,
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