Royal Ontario Museum Response re: artifacts acquired from Art of the Past Inc

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) acquired eight artifacts from Art of the Past Inc. Six of these

are 19th or 20th century works on paper, one is an 18th century bronze, and one is Gandharan

carved stone. Following museum policy, each acquisition was carefully investigated in terms of

quality, authenticity and provenance. The antiquities in this group have been documented as

having acceptable provenance from published auctions or from known private collections. The

modern works comply with all current Indian export regulations. The ROM is in the process of re-

examining the documentation for this group of objects. The ROM has also acquired two 20th

century paintings and a manuscript from a known collection from the dealer Ramesh Kapoor.

Item Caption

1 Painting of Dancing Gopi

Jamini Roy

Gouache on cardboard

Calcutta, India

1950s

Height 68cm Width 35.6cm

2004.37.1

2 Print of Krishna as Bala Subrahmanya

Raja Ravi Varma Press

chromolithograph print, silk, sequins

Malavali / Lonavala

circa 1900

2004.54.1

3 Reliquary in the shape of Stupa

Carved stone (steatite or schist) with rock-crystal, gold and

seed pearls

Gandhara, Pakistan

1st - 2nd century AD

2004.89.1.1-.6

4 Portrait of a Woman in an "Ethnographic-type" pose

Unknown photographer and painter

Oil paint on matte gelatin silver developing-out paper

print

North India

c. 1900

Height 62.2cm Width 31.7cm

2005.65.1

5 Portrait of Goswami (high priest)

Ekling

Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, mounted on card

Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India

c. 1900

Height 75.15cm Width 60.15cm

2005.65.2

6 Chronicles of Emperor Akbar (Ain-i-Akbari)

Unknown artist

opaque water colour and gold on paper

Lahore, Pakistan

Early 19th century CE

Height 19in Width 11in

2006.70.1

7 Album of Drawings of Punjab (Rulers, Monuments,

Occupations)

Unknown artist

water colour and pencil on paper

Lahore, Pakistan

c. 1870

Height 21.6cm Width 28cm

2006.71.1.1-.61

8 Figure of Krishna Venugopala

Unknown artist

bronze, traces of polychrome

Orissa or Bengal, India

18th century

Height 35.5cm

2006.100.1