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SOUTH INDIA, PROBABLY TANJORE, CIRCA 1850
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A VAISHNAVITE RELIGIOUS PROCESSION
SOUTH INDIA, PROBABLY TANJORE, CIRCA 1850
Elephants with green-turbaned mahouts leading a procession of devotees of Vishnu smeared with sandalwood paste, musicians, parasol bearers and torch carriers, followed by a palanquin carrying a large gilt statue of Vishnu, on yellow ground with low cloud-streaked horizon
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
7½ x 11¼ in. (19 x 28.5 cm.)
SOUTH INDIA, PROBABLY TANJORE, CIRCA 1850
Elephants with green-turbaned mahouts leading a procession of devotees of Vishnu smeared with sandalwood paste, musicians, parasol bearers and torch carriers, followed by a palanquin carrying a large gilt statue of Vishnu, on yellow ground with low cloud-streaked horizon
Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold
7½ x 11¼ in. (19 x 28.5 cm.)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1980s or earlier