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Designs for parts of a knife

Indian, Pahari
19th century
Object Place: Probably Punjab, Northern India

Medium/Technique Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions Image: 29.7 x 19.8 cm (11 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Overall: 29.7 x 19.8 cm (11 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2641
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors

Marks Stamp on reverse:
S. Bahadur Shah
Dealer in Quriosities
Mochee Gate Lahore
InscriptionsObverse: In graphite in English, in AKC's hand: 'Lahore 1907' written on the white paper that the drawing is pasted on
ProvenanceAbout 1910, probably sold by S. Bahadur Shah (dealer), Mochi Gate, Lahore, to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947), Boston, MA; 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)