Painting
18th century (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a bearded yogi sitting cross-legged on a tiger skin before a hut at night; the yogi's body is smeared with ashes, he is seated in mystic attitude with hair in long coils, wearing an orange loin cloth and rosary.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, yogi sitting on tiger skin at night, in opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, 18th century |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a bearded yogi sitting cross-legged on a tiger skin before a hut at night; the yogi's body is smeared with ashes, he is seated in mystic attitude with hair in long coils, wearing an orange loin cloth and rosary. |
| Content description | A bearded yogi sitting cross-legged on a tiger skin before a hut at night; the yogi's body is smeared with ashes, he is seated in mystic attitude with hair in long coils, wearing an orange loin cloth and rosary. |
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| Credit line | Purchased from Messrs luzac & Co., 46 Great Russell Street |
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| Accession number | IM.279-1913 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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