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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.202.181
Title
Leaping Antelopes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1745
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Kota
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style, Kota School
Dimensions
9 x 17.8 cm (3 9/16 x 7 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1976 - 2008,) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009,) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.

Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1976.

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
2009.202.181
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The page is filled with leaping antelopes executed with varying degrees of detail and in different sizes. The black and colorful swirls that can be found through the page signify the artist testing strokes and colors, as well as adjusting the amount of pigment held in the brushes. Rajput style, Kota school.

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