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The Death of the Demon Raktabija
Indian, Pahari
about 1775–80
Object Place: Kangra or Guler, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper with graphite
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 27.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Image: 15.7 x 24.4 cm (6 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Image: 15.7 x 24.4 cm (6 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2588
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsObverse: at top, in Devanagari, one line and number.
ProvenanceBy 1916, probably sold by Radha Krishna Bharany (dealer, b. about 1877 - d. 1942), Amritsar, India, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947), Needham, MA; 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)