Delhi: selling rice in a bazaar. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
575935i
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A tradesman weighs out rice in an outdoor market place. Rice is the staple food of India and symbolises prosperity, wealth and fertility. It is sprinkled during pujas (acts of worship) and ritual diagrams are made of coloured rice

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[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

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1 painting : watercolour, with fine brush ; image 9.5 x 11.1 cm

Lettering

Shop in the bazaar. Delhi.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 575935i

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