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Design for a Howdah with Umbrella, Winged Figures and Animals from an Indian Workshop
Design for a Howdah with Umbrella, Winged Figures and Animals from an Indian Workshop

Design for a Howdah with Umbrella, Winged Figures and Animals from an Indian Workshop

Attributed to Madhu and Beni Prasad (Indian)
Dateca. 1880
MediumInk and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 1/2 x 12 1/16 inches (19.05 x 30.64 cm)
Mat: 17 1/4 x 24 3/8 inches (43.82 x 61.91 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman, from the Collection of Stuart Cary Welch
Object number2011.31.6
InscribedVerso center in red ink: 1896; LR in pencil: 670.1983h / 20673.2h; other inscriptions in blue ink center
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Collections
Exhibition History

Silver Splendor: Conserving the Royal Thrones of Dungarpur, India, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, May 30, 2020–May 9, 2021, no cat.

Provenance

Stuart Cary Welch (1928–2008), Cambridge, MA, by 1978–2008;

To Stuart Cary Welch Estate, Cambridge, MA, 2008–2011;

Purchased at Welch’s sale, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part Two, Arts of India, May 31, 2011, as Twenty-two Designs for Furniture, Benares, Circa 1880, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.

Published References

The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part Two, Arts of India (London: Sotheby’s, 2011), 186-87, (repro.).

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