Court ladies playing with fireworks
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1740
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Muhammad Shah
name: label: Artist
content: Attributed to Muhammad Afzal (active 1740-1780)
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Provenance
content: To 1924
label: Provenance
content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1924
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)
place: label: Origin
content: Delhi, Haryana state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: night
label: Topic
content: child
label: Topic
content: woman
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: fireworks
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1924.6
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Color and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18.9 x 11.7 cm (7 7/16 x 4 5/8 in)