Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Material - Ivory 5 x114 (wxdxh cms)

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The painting is Mughal style

unlike their European counterparts which were taken down and smashed when electricity arrived

It's from the border areas of Southern Rajasthan and Northern Gujarat

Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Material - Ivory 5 x114 (wxdxh cms)This old Indian reverse glass painting is painted in the Tanjore style and depicts the Hindu goddess Saraswati playing a saraswati veena, a stringed and plucked Indian musical instrument to which she gave her name. The first veena is thought to have been made circa 1700BC. She is seen here performing alongside a deer. Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, music, art, and learning. She is often pictured playing music with an animal. usually a swan or