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Classical Indian Dance Painting
This beautiful oil hand painting comes on a black cotton background with
colorful floral borders. This painting depicts a beautiful and graceful young
dancer in a striking classical Indian dance pose. She is heavily adorned with
jewelry and vivacious clothes. Hundreds of years ago, these paintings would
have been adorned with real gold and jewels and hung in palace walls or zennas
(women's quarters). For the past hundred years or more, the use of hand sewn
gold and colored sequins and beads add rich embellishment causing the painting
to literally sparkle. These paintings are becoming rare in India due to a lack
of support for folk artists. It is our goal to help keep this tradition alive
by bringing these stunning works of art to you directly from Punjab and
Rajasthan.
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