Sarasvati with her sitar and peacock. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
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26630i
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Sarasvatī is a goddess of learning. The composition served as the model for a panel on a silver cream jug, part of a tea set made by Peter Orr & Sons in Madras, 1900-1907 (Dehejia, loc. cit.)

Publication/Creation

Bombay ([182] Kalbadevi Road) : A.K. Joshi & Co. (Ghatkopar, Bombay : Ravi Udaya F.A.L. Press)

Physical description

1 print : oleograph

Lettering

Sarasvati. Registered no. 505. Ravi Varma. Lettering also in Devanagari script

References note

Vidya J. Dehejia, 'Imagery by Rajah Ravi Varma on Raj silver', The Burlington magazine, October 2022, 164: 976-985 (this print pp. 979-983

Reference

Wellcome Collection 26630i

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