Jaina priest pays honour to the vision of Saraswati
17th–18th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on cardboard
DimensionsHeight x width: 4 3/16 x 8 7/16 in. (10.7 x 21.5 cm)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2291
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Provenance1913, purchased from the library of Puj Kripa Rishi, a Jaina priest, Patti, Panjab by Ananda 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)
late 18th century
early 15th century
A.D. 1494
About 1655–60
About 1760
mid-17th century
mid-17th century
late 5th century
16th century
