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Ahiri Ragini

Indian, Pahari
first quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: Mankot, Punjab Hills, India

Medium/Technique Opaque watercolor, silver and gold on paper
Dimensions Overall: 21.2 x 21.7cm (8 3/8 x 8 9/16in.)
Other (Image only): 18.5 x 18cm (7 5/16 x 7 1/16in.)
Credit Line Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.3219
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsObverse: at top, in Punjabi script: "Ragini Ahiri, wife of Hindola" (Ragini ahiri handole bharja, 4).
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)