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Shaiva Scrollcirca 1800

Not on view
Painted cotton textile panel divided into five horizontal narrative registers, depicting figures, animals, horses, and chariots in yellow, black, and white on a terracotta-orange ground
Painted textile with red ground, organized in horizontal narrative registers. Scenes include a chariot drawn by white horses with a canopied seat, courtly figures in patterned garments, an elephant with attendants, soldiers bearing spears, and fantastical winged creatures. Flat, outlined figures rendered in red, white, black, and ochre in a traditional Indian folk painting style.

Unknown, Shaiva Scroll, circa 1800 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Harry and Yvonne Lenart

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Shaiva Scroll
Place Made
India, Andhra Pradesh
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Opaque watercolor on cloth
Dimensions
135 1/2 x 32 in. (344.17 x 81.28 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Harry and Yvonne Lenart
Accession Number
AC1994.144.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art