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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,0.2069
Title: Object: Bharadwaja
Description: Watercolour painting on paper of sage Bharadwaja in a white dhoti seated on antelope skin, in front of a building with hills and trees in the far distance. He is surrounded by implements needed for his meditations. The painting is surrounded by a black border.
School/style
Production date: 19thC(early)
Production place: Painted in: Patna (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: India
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 27.70 centimetres; Width: 20.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Subjects: mammal; holy person/ascetic; hindu epic figure/creature
Associated names: Representation of: Bharadvaja; Associated with: Rāma
Associated titles: Associated Title: Ramayana; Associated Title: Mahabharata
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1880,0.2069

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