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Two Female Musicians

Two Female Musicians

DrawingsIndian18th-19th century

Two Female Musicians

late 18th-early 19th century

Description

The drawing depicts two female musicians. The first holds a tambura, a stringed instrument, and the second holds a mridagam, a type of drum. The irregular edges suggests that the drawing was part of a larger composition. Rajput Style, Kota or Bundi School.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Ink on paper; Rajput Style, Kota or Bundi School

Culture

Indian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

7 x 10.2 cm (2 3/4 x 4 in.)

Provenance

This object is part of a group of Indian drawings and paintings that were purchased by Norman Hurst in 2004. They had been purchased as a group by an American couple from the art dealer H.C. Mehra at the Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta in 1953. The collection was next in the possession of a small Massachusetts museum from the late 1960s until 2004.

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