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Nala and Damayanti with Kala
Nala and Damayanti with Kala

Nala and Damayanti with Kala

about 1790–1800
Object PlaceNainsukh family, Punjab Hills, India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, perhaps with graphite, on paper, unfinished
DimensionsOverall: 29.2 x 39.8 cm (11 1/2 x 15 11/16 in.)
Image: 22.4 x 33.4 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2410
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve in the middle on the top the number "91" 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)