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The Hour of Cowdust

Attributed to: The Family of Nainsukh
Indian, Pahari
about 1810–15
Object Place: Kangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 31.9cm (14 15/16 x 12 9/16in.)
Framed: 22 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (57.8 x 47.6 cm)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number22.683
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsOn reverse, in English: "Coomaraswamy Sept. 1910."
ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross in 1922. Probably purchased from Ananda Coomaraswamy. Notation on reverse suggests that painting was in Coomaraswamy collection as early as 1910.