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Conversion of Nanda: fragment of an Ajanta mural
Indian
Vakataka period
late 5th century
Object Place: Ajanta, Deccan, India (Western)
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor on plaster
Dimensions
38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Clara Bertram Kimball Fund
Accession Number21.1286
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceFirst half of the nineteenth century, removed from Cave 16, Ajanta by James Edwin Williams (d. 1885) while stationed in India; by descent to his son, Harry Archibald Williams (b. 1846 - d. 1928), India and Woodchurch Lodge, Hampstead, London; March 7, 1921, Williams and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 139, sold to the MFA for £1000. (Accession Date: March 30, 1921)