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Painting

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Hindu ascetic against a blue background. He sits on a couch and wears a plain white dhoti and blue turban.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Hindu ascetic, opaque watercolour on paper, Eastern Deccan, possibly Machilipatnam, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, depicting a Hindu ascetic against a blue background. He sits on a couch and wears a plain white dhoti and blue turban.
Content description
A Hindu ascetic against a blue background.
Style
Credit line
Given by Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha and Colonel T.G.Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.196-1953

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Record createdNovember 29, 2002
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