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A Holi festival
19th century
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Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, DC, United States
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Title:
A Holi festival
Date Created:
19th century
Location:
India, Avadh (Oudh), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
External Link:
For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Freer|Sackler collection, please visit http://www.asia.si.edu/.
Medium:
Opaque
watercolor
and
gold
on
paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art
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