Lila Hava

The Family of Nainsukh

about 1825

Object PlaceKangra or Garhwal style, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper

DimensionsOverall: 21.2 x 16.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Accession number25.536

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InscriptionsOn a separate piece of paper, presumably the original cover page, now glued to modern backing, in Devanagari: "Doha. Radhahari Hariradha ke vania sanketa. Dampati rati viparita sush sahaija surat hun laet. 1" Translation, by Coomaraswamy: "The station of Radha being made Hari and Hari, Radha, The twain with affections transposed, easily attain to blissful union." In English, on front of modern backing, apparently in the hand of Coomaraswamy: "He maketh Himself as we are, that we may be as he is."

ProvenanceProbably acquired in India by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1877 - d. 1947), Needham, MA; 1925, gift of Ananda Coomaraswamy to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 8, 1925)