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Winged Apsara Playing a Horn

c. 1880

Kali Charan Ghosh

Material / technique
Ink line drawing
Attribution / role
See the museum attribution
Collection / source
British Library

Artwork notes

Attributed through family tradition; British Library Add Or 3358.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Black-line sheets and larger watercolours provide different kinds of finish.

Marks and structure

A simplified contour can organise costume, posture and a mythological attribute.

Palette and light

Black and red are prominent in the British Library’s recorded watercolour group.

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