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The Death of Raktabija
Indian, Pahari
about 1825
Object Place: Kangra or Guler, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper with graphite
Dimensions
Overall: 17.1 x 26 cm (6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Marks
Reverse: Pink stamp of art dealer Radha Krishna Bharany of Amristar
InscriptionsReverse: at top, inscription in Devanagari, 3 lines: "Seal: Radha Krishan Bharany, Shawal and Curiosity Merchant, Amritsar"; no. 37 in series
ProvenanceBy 1916, 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)