Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Origin - Mongolia 108 x 10 x 154

108 x 10 x 154 (wxdxh cms)

Features: Each piece is entirely unique with visible hand stitching throughout

Porcelain Calligraphy Brush pot - hand made on the potters wheel in the traditional way

They are decorated with hundreds of religiously significant images

This is an old bench from the 1930's with later paint finish

Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Origin - Mongolia 108 x 10 x 154This 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