Add.Or.680-706 27 paintings portraying trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on back with titles. Gouache; 4 by 10 ...
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Add.Or.680-706 27 paintings portraying trades and castes of South India. By a Tanjore artist, c.1805. Inscribed on back with titles. Gouache; 4 by 10 ins.approx. Purchased 4 April 1956 NOTE : In style similar to Add.Or.32-38. At the time of purchase these paintings were in a portfolio ins...
Saiva mendicant and female devotee; the man carries a peacock-feather and hand-punkah, the woman holds a spear and a garland.
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Shaiva mendicant and female devotee; the man carries a peacock-feather fan and hand punkah, the woman holds a spear and a garland. Inscribed: ‘Pandaweem & his Wife.’
Astrologer (a Brahmin who interprets the almanac for villagers) and wife: the man holds a palm-leaf manuscript.
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Astrologer (a Brahmin who interprets the almanac for villagers) and wife; the man holds a palm-leaf manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Panchangee or Kalender & his Wife.’