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Maha-Lakshmi on a lotus with lustrating elephants
Indian, Pahari
Late 18th century
Object Place: Basohli, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 21.3 x 15.3 cm (8 3/8 x 6 in.)
Image: 12.5 x 18 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Image: 12.5 x 18 cm (4 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2795
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsReverse: at top, in Devanagari (?), short inscription (to be read).
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)