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The Prachetas paying homage to Shiva, from a Bhagavata Purana series

Attributed to: Manaku (Indian, about 1700–1760)
Indian, Pahari
about 1740
Object Place: Guler, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 21.8 x 32.6cm (8 9/16 x 12 13/16in.)
Framed: 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (47.6 x 37.5 cm)
Credit Line John Gardner Coolidge Collection
Accession Number63.144
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsReverse: on whole page, in Devanagari, 11 lines and three lines (to be read); 4th skanda, Rudragit sung by prachetas in honor of Rudra
ProvenanceBequested to the MFA by Helen S. Coolidge in 1963; formerly collection of John G. Coolidge.