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Krishna Dancing on the Serpent Kaliya, Surrounded by the Serpent's Wives
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Krishna Dancing on the Serpent Kaliya, Surrounded by the Serpent's Wives

painter (Indian, 1883 - 1884)
Date1883-1884
MediumOpaque watercolor and gold paint on paper
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.010024
eMuseum ID731089
Other Numberv.1.a.4.10.x
TMS Source ID27204
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
BibliographyNotesAlan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 298-299.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (upper left): Maker Gunesh Khalee
Printed and handwritten label affixed (center): Calcutta International Exhibition / 30869 / Sale Exhibit/ Section A Class 1 / Name of Article: English Vernacular Portrait of Krishna God / Krishna jr Ke Luswer / Exhibitor's name:  L. J. Tellery, Esq. / address / Jeypore/ Local price rs. 4 nowo / Exhibition price 4.4.0 / Committee or Agent by whom forwarded: Museum Committee / Jeypore Rajputan
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Kolkata, India for 4.4.0 Rs., at the Calcutta International Exhibition, January, 1884.