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Krishna Dancing, possibly Vasanta Ragini
Indian
about 1680
Object Place: Malwa, Central India
Medium/Technique
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 36.6 x 25.2 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number30.644
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsOn reverse, at top, now largely cut off, a Devanagari inscription with English transcription below: "Baladevaji nacata nayaka modango bajar..."
Cummins translation: "Baladevaji (Krishna) the romantic hero (nayaka) dances with joy... [bajar is musical term]"
Also, in English on reverse: "From Jaipur not Agra, 1914."
Cummins translation: "Baladevaji (Krishna) the romantic hero (nayaka) dances with joy... [bajar is musical term]"
Also, in English on reverse: "From Jaipur not Agra, 1914."
ProvenanceGiven to the MFA by Denman Waldo Ross in 1930. Notation on reverse suggests that it was purchased in Jaipur in 1914, possibly by Ananda Coomaraswamy.