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Kaliya Damana

first quarter 19th century
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.8 x 33 cm (10 15/16 x 13 in.)
Image: 26.3 x 31 cm (10 3/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2481
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: words in Devnagari identifying various characters in the painting.
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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