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Aniruddha discovered with Usa and her palace besieged

late 18th century
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.3 x 37.5 cm (10 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Image: 22.5 x 32.7 cm (8 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2438
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: top margin, in Devanagari numerals: 23 or 28.
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)
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