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Botanical designs
Botanical designs

Botanical designs

about 19th century
Object PlacePossibly Lahore, Punjab, Northern India or Pakistan
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper, perhaps with graphite
DimensionsOverall: 16.9 x 13.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Image: 16.9 x 13.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2648
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsReverse: partial 3 line inscription in Persian (to 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)