Medium:

Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf

Dimensions:

H x W: 6.3 x 56 cm (2 1/2 x 22 1/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

West Bengal state, India

Date:

12th century

Provenance:

To 1930

Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]

From 1930

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)

Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

Previous custodian or owner:

Ajit Ghose

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Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1930.87

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b6922713-3672-47cc-aafc-e4066d4a6380

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1930.87