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Recto: Woman applying tilik; Verso: Woman walking and smoking
Indian, Pahari
about 1825–50
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 13.6 cm (7 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Image: 16.1 x 10.9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Image: 16.1 x 10.9 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2564
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Stamp on reverse:
S. Bahadur Shah
Dealer in Quriosities
Mochee Gate Lahore
S. Bahadur Shah
Dealer in Quriosities
Mochee Gate Lahore
InscriptionsIn the top border, there is an inscription of the description of the painting in bhojpuri. There are some designs in the left and the right borders. There are some words are written on the drawing.
ProvenanceAbout 1910, probably sold by S. Bahadur Shah (dealer), Mochi Gate, Lahore, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947), Needham, MA; 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)