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A King Attending a Purification Ceremony
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The painting depicts a type of purification ceremony for a male youth, possibly a prince. He sits in a white, square basin while a male figure adds water to the inside of the structure. Steam, represented by gold lines, emerges from the structure. Kneeling in front of the youth is a king with his hands clasped in prayer. He wears a long white garland of flowers and a bow over his left shoulder. A quiver rests against his back. Behind the king is a priest holding out prayer beads. Rajput Style.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
Title: A King Attending a Purification Ceremony
Description:
The painting depicts a type of purification ceremony for a male youth, possibly a prince.
He sits in a white, square basin while a male figure adds water to the inside of the structure.
Steam, represented by gold lines, emerges from the structure.
Kneeling in front of the youth is a king with his hands clasped in prayer.
He wears a long white garland of flowers and a bow over his left shoulder.
A quiver rests against his back.
Behind the king is a priest holding out prayer beads.
Rajput Style.
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