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Add Or 4371

Record Id:

040-003278265

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003278264

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0021e4

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 4371

Title:

A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.

Scope & Content:

A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives. In the upper pair, the man, who wears a red Maratha turban, wears the ‘tilaka’ of the Tenkalai Shri-Vaishnavas, of white, U-shaped, extending downwards onto the nose, and a flame-like yellow ‘bindu’ within. His wife has a single red ‘bindu’. In the lower pair, the man, who wears a tall ‘kulah’ under his red turban, has a narrow yellow ‘tilaka’ with a dark red ‘bindu’ in its centre (possibly Madhva). His wife has a thin red crescent across her forehead.

Note: On the album leaf is inscribed ‘Sathani Dáséri’, but this is a mistake as ‘cattani’ and ‘dasari’ are both mendicants (for the latter see Add.Or.4379). All these heads, and those below, are represented as in oval miniatures, with the outline of the oval faintly visible in a few of them.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003278264
040-003278265

Is part of:

Add Or 4371-4387 : Add.Or.4371-4387 24 drawings let into an album depicting sect-marks, religious types and castes. By a Tanjore artist,…

Add Or 4371 : A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.

Hierarchy:

032-003278264[0001]/040-003278265

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

South Indian style
Tanjore style

Start Date:

1849

End Date:

1851

Date Range:

c 1850

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: watercolour

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Ascetics
Castes and Tribes
Hindus
Occupations
ethnic and religious groups