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A Traveling Sage
Indian, Rajasthani
about 1725
Object Place: Mewar, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 25.7 x 21.6cm (10 1/8 x 8 1/2in.)
Framed: 47.6 x 37.5 cm (18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Framed: 47.6 x 37.5 cm (18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick L. Jack Fund
Accession Number1987.264
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsOn the front: In the top border - Now the Rishi came to the village of Devasvara and saw the events. Then he fainted and fell down. Getting up again, as he prepared to leave for another city, he heard some noises; there were some deer tied to the rope.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA in 1987 from a Bloomington, Indiana collector. Formerly in a London private collection.