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A Brahmacharin

A Brahmacharin

About 1700
Object PlaceProbably Nurpur, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
DimensionsOverall: 14.6 x 10.1 cm (5 3/4 x 4 in.)
Framed: 13.2 x 8.7 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2768
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InscriptionsReverse: at bottom, in Devnagari ?, 2.5 line inscription. bala 12, bhramcari, your learning will increase, material prosperity will result, productive of good.
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)