2009.202.222: Erotic Painting (recto and verso), folio from a Jain manuscript
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.202.222
- 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/216444
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 1979 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1979.
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
- 2009.202.222
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- The recto and verso of this folio feature two vignettes with amorous couples on day beds in various positions.
Exhibition History
- Where Traditions Meet: Painting in India from the 15th-17th Centuries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/05/2003 - 12/07/2003
- Women in South Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018
Verification Level
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