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<em>Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)</em>, ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)
Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers), ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)
<em>Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)</em>, ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)

Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers), ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)

<em>Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)</em>, ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_verso.jpg)

Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers), ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_verso.jpg)

<em>Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)</em>, ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto_detail.jpg)

Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers), ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto_detail.jpg)

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Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)

Asian Art

MEDIUM Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
DATES ca. 1760–1800
DIMENSIONS Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS On verso, from top to bottom: In ink: "In. 192" In ink, in Devanagari numbers: "36" In ink, sideways: "457 13" In pencil: "N. 12 11x16 1/4 x 2" In ink, "189" In colored pencil, "144 (deleted) 145"
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2021.54.6a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers), ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)
IMAGE recto, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2017
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<em>Woman Sleeping (Recto: Vase of Flowers)</em>, ca. 1760–1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Overall: 16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.0 × 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.54.6a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.54.6a-b_recto.jpg)

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