Saraswati

Calcutta Art Studio

about 1890

(not assigned)Calcutta, Bengal, India

Medium/TechniqueLithograph

DimensionsLength x width: 45.4 x 27.6 cm (17 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté

Accession number2011.2010

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InscriptionsUpper right and left and lower right and left list products such as a hair oil, a Malaria medicine, a tonic for weakness, and a medicine for "putrid blood." Bottom center: Established by Kaviraj Sir Binod Lal Sen ADI AYURVEDH OUSHODHALAY 146 and 36 No. Lower Chitpur Road, Calcutta Physician - Kaviraj Sri Pulin Krishna Sen Kabibhushan

ProvenanceAbout 1890, Nabokumar Biswas, Calcutta Art Studio, Calcutta; by descent to his great-grandson, Sri Shubjojit Biswas, Calcutta; 2008, sold by Biswas to Mark Baron and Elise Boisante, New York; 2011, gift of Mark Baron and Elise Boisante to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 21, 2011)