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Bhairava enthroned
Indian, Pahari
1660–70
Object Place: Possibly Basohli, Punjab Hills, Northern India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 21 cm (8 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Image: 18.2 x 16.8 cm (7 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Image: 18.2 x 16.8 cm (7 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2792
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsObverse: on top and side: shyam bhairava #21.
Reverse: on top, in Devanagari (?), three lines (to be read).
Reverse: on top, in Devanagari (?), three lines (to be read).
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)