From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Kali Quaffs Blood in the Pallava Camp (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1969.172
People: Unknown Artist
Title: Kali Quaffs Blood in the Pallava Camp (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript
Classification: Manuscripts
Work Type: painting with calligraphy
Date: c. 1598
Places: Creation Place: South Asia, India
Period: Mughal period
Culture: Indian

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: sight: 29.85 x 16.51 cm (11 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Eric Schroeder
Accession Year: 1969
Object Number: 1969.172
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Publication History

Milo Cleveland Beach, Mughal and Rajput Painting, Cambridge University Press (U.K.) (Cambridge, 1992), p. 43, fig. 24

Exhibition History

Women in South Asian Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018

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