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Portrait of a man, possibly a priest

19th century
Object PlaceJaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueTracing: ink on skin
Dimensions12.9 x 8.9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2973
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: Gosai mami das-ji.
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)