id:			155592
accession number:	1990.40
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.40
updated:		2024-04-06 11:32:45.265000

Sacrificial Fire, from the "Tula Ram" Bhagavata Purana, c. 1720. Western India, Gujarat, Surat. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 25.4 x 21.5 cm (10 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John D. Proctor 1990.40

title:				Sacrificial Fire, from the "Tula Ram" Bhagavata Purana
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creation date:			c. 1720
creation date earliest:		1710
creation date latest:		1740
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creditline:			Gift of John D. Proctor
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat, Surat
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 x 21.5 cm (10 x 8 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	jagya karau hau kaṃsu bāsudevajī ke bāha ke nīvīta
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection
	opening date:   1975-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-February 16, 1975).

	title:		Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural (Indian Painting rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	George Bickford [1901–1991], Cleveland Heights, OH
	date: by 1975
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	John D. Proctor, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Czuma, Stanislaw J. <em>Indian Art from the George P. Bickford Collection: Catalog</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned: cat. no. 58.
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