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| Keywords: Saraswati south Indian.jpg en Painting on paper depicting the goddess Sarasvati She is set off by an orange background and sits on a throne resting her shoulders on a bolster In her upper right hand she carries a mala in her upper left hand and lower right hand she holds the vina and in her lower left hand she has a book Of white complexion she is dressed in a white sari a red blouse and wears all the usual ornaments To her right resting the vina on his shoulder is the divine musician Narada clad in a tiger skin with his matted tresses partly gathered at the top of his head and partly flowing loose on his shoulders Opposite Narada to the left of Sarasvati is the other divine musician the horse-headed Tumburu Dressed in dhoti and angavastra he rests the tamboura on his shoulder http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 3058335 partid 1 output Places 2f 2fOR 2f 2f41361 2f 2f41361-2-20 2f 2fPainted+in+Thanjavur 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database 2fadvanced_search aspx currentPage 1 numpages 10 Author ca 1820 PD-art Paintings of Sarasvati Narada Tiger clothing in art Dhoti 1820s paintings from India Women's clothing of India in art Female musicians in art of India | ||||
