Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Origin - Mongolia creating a beautifully aged surface

creating a beautifully aged surface

They are decorated with hundreds of religiously significant images

Takhats were originally used as daybeds by the wealthy merchant classes in Rajasthan and Gujarat

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Tanjore Reverse Glass Painting Of Saraswati Playing A Veena - 19thC Origin - Mongolia creating a beautifully aged surfaceThis 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