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The Hour of Cowdust

about 1810–15
Object PlaceKangra style, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 38 x 31.9cm (14 15/16 x 12 9/16in.)
Framed: 22 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (57.8 x 47.6 cm)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number22.683
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsOn reverse, in English: "Coomaraswamy Sept. 1910."
ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross in 1922. Probably purchased from Ananda Coomaraswamy. Notation on reverse suggests that painting was in Coomaraswamy collection as early as 1910.
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about 1825
Aniruddha discovered with Usa and her palace besieged
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about 1800
Rulers arriving for the Svayambhara
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Capture of a Wild Elephant
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