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Entertainment of Brahmans, from an unfinished Naishadhacarita series
Entertainment of Brahmans, from an unfinished Naishadhacarita series

Entertainment of Brahmans, from an unfinished Naishadhacarita series

about 1790–1800
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk, perhaps with graphite, color and priming on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.2 x 40 cm (11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)
Image: 22.2 x 33.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2401
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve in the middle on the top the number "66" inscribed in devanagari script.ProvenanceBy 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)