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recto:

Two partridges, late 17th century.

Painting of two partridges, one with a large moth in its beak, originally against a turquoise background. The current background of a green landscape with flowering plants is a later addition.


verso:

Yogi beside a shrine, late 18th century.

This painting comprises three parts of larger image that has been cut up and reassembled in the present composition. At the centre, an ash-smeared yogi with a long white beard sits on a tiger skin beside a marble shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. At the bottom left, a Hindu priest performs a fire sacrifice, pouring ghee onto a sacred fire. At the bottom right, a young man and woman sit in conversation.


For further information on this album see RCIN 1005069.