Medium:

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 20.6 × 14.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

Malwa, Madhya Pradesh state, India

Date:

ca. 1680

School/Tradition:

Malwa school

Inscriptions:

Verso: birāvar rāgīnī 3

Provenance:

To 1968

Sundaram, New Delhi, India. [1]

From 1968 to 2001

Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Sundaram, New Delhi, India. [2]

From 2001 to 2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3]

From 2018

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [4]

Notes:

[1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Sundaram, New Delhi, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

[4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

Collection:

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Sundaram (India, active 1960's)

Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

Catherine Glynn Benkaim

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Credit Line:

Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

Accession Number:

S2018.1.21

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a03ab8f5-fdbd-4584-9180-075d8a6eb082

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.21