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An Ascetic (Shri Ram Vallabhai) and Other Sketches
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The largest figure on this page of sketches is a Hindu ascetic seated cross-legged with his hands clasped in front of him. He wears a beaded necklace. He bears a thin mustache. The ascetic’s head is shaved with the exception of a sikha, a tuft of hair on the top of the head worn by male orthodox Hindus. The remaining sketches include pairs of monkeys, a portrait of a female head, a cluster of lotus pads, another male figure with a disc-like hat, flowers, and a rocky outcrop with a deer or gazelle. Rajput Style.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Stuart Cary Welch (by 1969 - 2008 ) by descent; to his estate (2008-2009 ) gift; to Harvard Art Museum.
Notes:
Object was part of temporary loan to Museum in 1969.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Stuart Cary Welch Collection Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch
Title: An Ascetic (Shri Ram Vallabhai) and Other Sketches
Description:
The largest figure on this page of sketches is a Hindu ascetic seated cross-legged with his hands clasped in front of him.
He wears a beaded necklace.
He bears a thin mustache.
The ascetic’s head is shaved with the exception of a sikha, a tuft of hair on the top of the head worn by male orthodox Hindus.
The remaining sketches include pairs of monkeys, a portrait of a female head, a cluster of lotus pads, another male figure with a disc-like hat, flowers, and a rocky outcrop with a deer or gazelle.
Rajput Style.
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