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ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of a tree with crows sitting in its branches and other crows flying towards it and perched on the ground. Illustration to a folk tale.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, tree with crows in branches, opaque watercolour on paper, Bundi, ca. 1850
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, of a tree with crows sitting in its branches and other crows flying towards it and perched on the ground. Illustration to a folk tale.
Dimensions
  • Height: 156mm
  • Width: 160mm
29/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Content description
A tree with crows sitting in its branches and other crows flying towards it and perched on the ground.
Style
Credit line
Given by Colonel T. G. Gayer-Anderson, CMG, DSO, and his twin brother Major R. G. Gayer- Anderson, Pasha.
Object history
From the Gayer-Anderson Collection.
Production
Probably an illustration to a book of fables, such as the Panchatantra.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, W.G. Indian Painting in Bundi and Kotah Cat. no. 22, p. 13.
Collection
Accession number
IS.247-1952

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Record createdJune 27, 2003
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