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Bhima receives and congratulates Nala after the svayamvara

Indian, Pahari
about 1790–1800
Object Place: Nainsukh family, Punjab Hills, India

Medium/Technique Ink, perhaps with graphit, and priming on paper
Dimensions Overall: 29.3 x 40 cm (11 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Image: 22.4 x 33.7 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2395
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsObserve in the middle on the top the number "55" inscribed in devanagari script.
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)