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Khambhavati Ragini, from an illustrated Ragamala series

(Indian, late 17th century)
about 1695
Object PlaceBikaner, Rajasthan, Northern India
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 x 19.4cm (10 1/2 x 7 5/8in.)
Framed: 18.8 x 14.8 cm (7 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit LineKeith McLeod Fund
Accession number1999.519
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsOn reverse, in Devanagari: "Khambhavati" "Kam Rukdiroa?", plus inventory seal of Maharaja of Bikaner, number 2340, signed by Khet Singh
Provenance1968, library of the Maharaja of Bikaner [see note 1]. Sold from a private collection to Kapoor Galleries, New York; 1999, sold by Kapoor Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 1999)

NOTES:
[1] The painting bears the 1968 inventory stamp of the library of the Maharaja of Bikaner. The Maharaja sold much of his collection in Europe in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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