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Equestrian portrait of a Sikh ruler
Indian, Pahari
about 1859
Object Place: possibly Patiala, Punjab Plains, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsColor notations throughout drawing in devanagari: Background: asemani, horse: sedali, tunic: suped, saddle: suna, blanket: sundhura, pants: kirama.
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India 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)