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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)