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Dhruva at Home with his Family

Dhruva at Home with his Family

(Indian, about 1700–1760)
about 1740
Object PlaceGuler, Punjab Hills, India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 21.7 x 32.5cm (8 9/16 x 12 13/16in.)
Other (Image only): 17.5 x 28cm (6 7/8 x 11in.)
Credit LineJohn Gardner Coolidge Collection
Accession number63.146
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InscriptionsReverse: at top, in Devanagari, six lines quoting the Bhavagata Purana, 4th skandha, chapter 8, as part of "Dhruvacarita"
ProvenanceGiven to the MFA in 1963 by the descendants of John Carter Coolidge.