cover image: A raja hunting wild boars, design for a scabbard

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A raja hunting wild boars, design for a scabbard

Kota school To 1967 Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur [1] From 1967 to 2001 Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur in December 1967 [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 drawing from Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur in December 1967, 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. National Museum of Asian Art Collection Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim Catherine Glynn Benkaim
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Authors

Attributed to Shevdar Gangeyagi (active 1740-1770)

Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
ca. 1750
Dates
ca. 1750-1760
Format
Opaque watercolor on paper
Pages
H x W (overall): 48.9 × 14.6 cm (19 1/4 × 5 3/4 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2018.1.37
Rights
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/d20a088ef4a6ef809b5731a6cf77e08a

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