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Untitled (An oil seller and his wife)

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Date

c.1830-1835

Description

Opaque watercolour painting on European paper of an oil seller and his wife. The oil seller wears a short lower garment. His angavastra (shawl) is tied around his head beneath a large basket containing three pots of oil. On his forehead, throat, upper arms and chest are Vaishnava namams (emblems). His wife wears a nine-yard sari without a blouse. Among her necklaces is a conspicuous thali. Her hair is tied at one side of her head and on her forehead is a vertical tilaka. In her left hand she carries a pot.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

India

Country

India

Medium

Watercolour