Erotic Painting (recto and verso), folio from a Jain manuscript | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.202.223
Title: Erotic Painting (recto and verso), folio from a Jain manuscript
Classification: Manuscripts
Work Type: manuscript folio
Date: 15th-16th century
Places: Creation Place: South Asia, India, Gujarat
Culture: Indian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/183753

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: folio: 10.5 x 26 cm (4 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stuart Cary Welch (by 1983 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.202.223
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003

Verification Level

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