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Abhisarika Nayika (The Heroine Who Goes to Meet Her Lover at an Appointed Place)

Attributed to: Mola Ram (Indian (Garhwal), 1760–1833)
Indian, Pahari
about 1800
Object Place: Style of Garhwal, Punjab Hills, Northern India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 24.6 x 16.2 cm (9 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Provenance1911, sold by Balak Ram Sah of Garhwal (Srinagar), great grandson of artist Mola Ram (b. 1750 - d. 1833), to Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947), Needham, MA [1]; 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)

Notes:
[1] See Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills (1973), Vol 1, page 112.