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Sri Amar Singh of Patyala
Sri Amar Singh of Patyala

Sri Amar Singh of Patyala

Purkhu
about 1850–60
Object PlacePunjab Plains, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueInk and opaque watercolor on paper, unfinished
DimensionsOverall: 25.7 x 16.4 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Image: 23.3 x 15.9 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2728
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsObverse: at top, in Devanagari, Shri Amar Singh of Patiala.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)