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Ravana shows Sita the Counterfeit Head of Rama-- Ravana Visits Sita in the Asoka Grove

Ravana shows Sita the Counterfeit Head of Rama-- Ravana Visits Sita in the Asoka Grove

(Indian, about 1700–1760)
about 1725
Object PlaceGuler, Punjab Hills, India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 60.3 x 82.7 cm (23 3/4 x 32 9/16 in.)
Image: 56 x 79.2 cm (22 1/16 x 31 3/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2747
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ClassificationsPaintings
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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)