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Unknown maker from British Raj (present-day India) or possibly Rajputana (present-day Rajastan), Krishna with Milkmaids, early 20th century, paint on camel bone, 7 3/4 x 5 7/16 x 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.8 x 0.7 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Starr, 1967.0058

Unknown maker from British Raj, Krishna with Milkmaids, early 20th century

Artist Unknown maker from British Raj (present-day India) or possibly Rajputana (present-day Rajastan)
Title Krishna with Milkmaids
Object Date early 20th century
Medium Paint on camel bone
Dimensions 7 3/4 x 5 7/16 x 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.8 x 0.7 cm)
Credit Line Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Starr, 1967.0058

doi: 10.37764/8322.5.4622

Provenance

Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, by 1966;

Their gift to The Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, 1966.

Exhibitions

Alumni Gifts to the University of Kansas Museum of Art, University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS, May 6–June 3, 1973.

Teaching Gallery: South and Southeast Asia, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, October 11, 2011–October 30, 2011.

Empire of Things, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, December 20, 2012–April 12, 2015; October 15, 2016–May 16, 2021.

Empowerment, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 3, 2022–August 29, 2027.

References

Register of the Museum of Art [University of Kansas Museum of Art] 3, no. 7 (Winter 1966).

Charles C. Eldredge, Alumni Gifts to the University of Kansas Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973).

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Unknown maker from British Raj (present-day India) or possibly Rajputana (present-day Rajastan), Krishna with Milkmaids, early 20th century, paint on camel bone, 7 3/4 x 5 7/16 x 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.8 x 0.7 cm), Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Starr, 1967.0058