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Svadhinapatika Nayaka (The Hero Puts an Anklet on his Beloved)

Svadhinapatika Nayaka (The Hero Puts an Anklet on his Beloved)

about 1850
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsOverall: 24.2 x 15.9 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Image: 20.3 x 13.6 cm (8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2661
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsReverse: on top, in Devnagari, 6 line inscription (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)