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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.54
Title
Chariot of Love
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Orissa
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190210

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on eleven palm leaves hinged with cotton thread
Dimensions
44.5 x 29 cm (17 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1999 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of long-term loan to Museum in 1999.

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
2009.202.54
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • The Sensuous and the Sublime: Representations of Love in the Arts of the Middle East and Southern Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/07/2001 - 12/30/2001

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