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Tapas of Parvati
Tapas of Parvati

Tapas of Parvati

Sajanu
about 1800–25
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper, perhaps with traces of graphite
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 21.8 cm (9 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2569
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve: at top, in devnagri the page number "17" and the word "Parvati" at three different places. Reverse: there is inscription in devnagri but the painting is damaged and is fragile. It is mounted on a paper so the inscription cannot be read.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)