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Nala Prepares for Midday Samdhya Rituals, from the Naishadhacarita
Nala Prepares for Midday Samdhya Rituals, from the Naishadhacarita

Nala Prepares for Midday Samdhya Rituals, from the Naishadhacarita

The Family of Nainsukh
about 1790–1800
Object PlacePunjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk, perhaps with graphite, and priming on paper
DimensionsOverall: 29.1 x 40 cm (11 7/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Image: 22.4 x 33.5 cm (8 13/16 x 13 3/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2413
On View
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve in the middle on the top the number "98" 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)