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A woman worshipping before a lingam in a Saiva shrine, before which the sacred bull reclines
Miniaturist: Unknown
Bequeathed 1946 by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 133 mm
Width: 84 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1948) by Manuk, P. C. and Coles, G. M., Miss
Bodycolour
White bodycolour
Ground (material)
Ink
Gold
Support composed of paper ( laid down)
Watercolour : Pen and ink, bodycolour including white, gold on ?ground on paper, laid down
Accession number: PD.188-1948
Primary reference Number: 33206
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: PD.189-1948
Accession Number: M.117-1961
Accession Number: E.143.1913
Accession Number: CG 301
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