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1 of 253523 objects
Mughal artist
Paintings of yoginis and a crane. c. 1700-1770
32.7 x 22.2 cm (folio dimensions) | RCIN 1005069.aj
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Yoginis at night, late 18th century.
A yogini dressed in orange (the symbolic colour of Hinduism) sits beside an ash-smeared yogini wearing a tiger skin, who smokes from a blue and white porcelain hookah. They listen to two female musicians, one playing the sarangi, the other a dhol.
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Crane, 18th century.
Painting of a sarus crane standing on the grassy bank of a stream with its beak raised against a plain background.
For further information on this album see RCIN 1005069.Provenance
Probably acquired by George III after 1800.
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32.7 x 22.2 cm (folio dimensions)
23.6 x 14.7 cm (image)
18.8 x 11.0 cm (bird) (image)
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