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Ramakali Ragini (a woman feeding milk to cobras)
Ramakali Ragini
Ramakali Ragini (a woman feeding milk to cobras)
Indian, Pahari
about 1700–10
Object Place: Jammu area, Punjab HIlls, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and silver on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 20.5 x 20.5cm (8 1/16 x 8 1/16in.)
Other (Image only): 15 x 15cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8in.)
Other (Image only): 15 x 15cm (5 7/8 x 5 7/8in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2791
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsObverse: in top margin, in Takri: Ramakali Ragini, wife of Sri Raga (Ramkali ragini, sri ragedi bharja).
Reverse, in Takri: ramkali ragini sri ragedi bharja, pancva patra. Also, translation in English and signature, perhaps of dealer.
Reverse, in Takri: ramkali ragini sri ragedi bharja, pancva patra. Also, translation in English and signature, perhaps of dealer.
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)