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Svadhinapatika Nayaka (The Hero Puts an Anklet on his Beloved)
Possibly by: Ram
Indian, Pahari
about 1850
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 24.2 x 15.9 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Image: 20.3 x 13.6 cm (8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Image: 20.3 x 13.6 cm (8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2661
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsReverse: on top, in Devnagari, 6 line inscription (to be read).
In AKC's hand: "From Balak Rama Shah"
In AKC's hand: "From Balak Rama Shah"
ProvenanceAbout 1910, acquired from Balak Ram Sah of Garhwal (Srinagar), great grandson of Mola Ram, by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) [1]; by 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)
Notes:
[1] See Coomaraswamy, Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1926, Part V, page 185-6.
Notes:
[1] See Coomaraswamy, Catalogue of the Indian Collections in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1926, Part V, page 185-6.