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Nala and Damayanti in Three Amorous Scenes
Nala and Damayanti in Three Amorous Scenes

Nala and Damayanti in Three Amorous Scenes

about 1790–1800
Object PlaceNainsukh family, Punjab Hills, India
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque color, perhaps with graphite, on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.1 x 39.9 cm (11 7/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Image: 22.5 x 33.6 cm (8 7/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2405
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve on the top middle the number "80" inscribed in devanagari script.ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased 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)