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Medium:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (painting): 21.6 × 19.3 cm (8 1/2 × 7 5/8 in)
H x W (overall): 28.9 × 23.5 cm (11 3/8 × 9 1/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Raghogarh, Madhya Pradesh state, India
Date:
ca. 1650
Provenance:
To 1969
Nowlakah, Calcutta [1]
From 1969 to 2001
Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Nowlakah, Calcutta in 1969 [2]
From 2001 to 2018
Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001
From 2018
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim
Notes:
[1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Nowlakah, Calcutta in 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.
[2] See note 1.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Nowlakah
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:
S2018.1.41
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/ye3503e680d-8490-4593-8931-2d9cc64d2627
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2018.1.41