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Hanuman

Hanuman

About 1700
Object PlaceProbably Nurpur, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
DimensionsOverall: 13.9 x 9.3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.)
Image: 12.9 x 8.5 cm (5 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2771
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InscriptionsReverse: at bottom, in Devnagari ?, 2.5 line inscription, Bala 4, Hanuman- whatever enterrises you embark upon will become easy and productive of happiness.
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)