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Ganesha with a book flanked by Riddhi and Siddhi

Attributed to: Purkhu
Indian, Pahari
about 1820–25
Object Place: Kangra, Punjab Hills, India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 36.2 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Image: 24 x 32.3 cm (9 7/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased 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)