Conversion of Nanda: fragment of an Ajanta mural
late 5th century
Object PlaceAjanta, Deccan, India (Western)
Medium/TechniqueOpaque watercolor on plaster
Dimensions38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineClara Bertram Kimball Fund
Accession number21.1286
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ProvenanceFirst half of the nineteenth century, removed from Cave 16, Ajanta by James Edwin Williams (d. 1885) while stationed in India; by descent to his son, Harry Archibald Williams (b. 1846 - d. 1928), India and Woodchurch Lodge, Hampstead, London; March 7, 1921, Williams and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 139, sold to the MFA for £1000. (Accession Date: March 30, 1921)
About 1760
mid-17th century
mid-17th century
16th century
About 1655–60
about 1580
1580–85