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The Merits of Servitude
Rajput
Mughal period
about 1725
Object Place: Mewar, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26 × 21.9 cm (10 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick L. Jack Fund
Accession Number1987.265
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Books and manuscripts
Books and manuscripts
InscriptionsOn the front: in the top border - story is descibed in devnagri script . Flowers are being picked from the golden trees but no one knows whose flowers they are. Sur and Vidyavant (say) those who serve without knowing servitude give up everything. There is no result from the land if work is done without knowledge.
ProvenanceBefore 1987, in a private collection, London; 1987, sold to the MFA by Surya Y. Sardesai, Bloomington, IN. (Accession date: May 27, 1987)