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Painter or scribe
Painter or scribe

Painter or scribe

Purkhu
about 1800
Object PlacePunjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor with graphite on paper, unfinished
DimensionsOverall: 20.2 x 12.3 cm (7 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2725
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObserve: in the middle an inscription in gurumukhi. Reverse: a verse written in devnagari.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)