# Great Indian Fruit Bat, in 18th-century India

Bhawani Das painted this in about 1777–82. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1777–82
- Medium: Pencil, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: Painting: H. 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm) W. 32 3/4 in. (83.2 cm) Mat size: H. 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm) W. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.312
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Bhawani Das](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/bhawani-das), Indian

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