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Abhisarika Nayika (The Heroine Who Goes to Meet Her Lover at an Appointed Place)

(Indian (Garhwal), 1760–1833)
about 1800
Object PlaceStyle of Garhwal, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 24.6 x 16.2 cm (9 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2653
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1911, acquired from Balak Ram Sah of Garhwal, great grandson of Mola Ram, by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) [1]; 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)

Notes:
[1] See Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills (1973), Vol 1, page 112.