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TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A LARGE PAINTING OF SHIVA NATARAJA AND OTHER IMAGES OF DEVOTION
TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments, gold leaf, glass and sukkan (limepaste) on cloth stretched over wood, the god in a flamed halo at top depicted in a large shrine, bordered with other deities, each in an individual shrine, below them sixty-four scenes depicting deities or scenes of individual devotion, on bright red ground, inscribed in Tamil, bordered with inset mirror pieces, in original frame, flaking, some mirror glass lacking, otherwise in good condition
39¼ x 29½in. (100.5 x 74.5cm.)
TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments, gold leaf, glass and sukkan (limepaste) on cloth stretched over wood, the god in a flamed halo at top depicted in a large shrine, bordered with other deities, each in an individual shrine, below them sixty-four scenes depicting deities or scenes of individual devotion, on bright red ground, inscribed in Tamil, bordered with inset mirror pieces, in original frame, flaking, some mirror glass lacking, otherwise in good condition
39¼ x 29½in. (100.5 x 74.5cm.)