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A framed painted papyrus artwork in Egyptian style showing a figure in a chariot drawn by an orange horse with feathered headdress, drawing a bow. Surrounding it are ankh symbols, hieroglyphs, a blue dog running beneath the horse, and a white and red bird with a long neck on the right. The papyrus has a gold-coloured border and a dark wooden surface beneath it. No people are physically present.

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November 29 20132013-11-29A painted mural panel showing a royal procession. A golden domed chariot with wheels is the centre, carrying a crowned figure with a garland of flowers beside a seated woman in a blue-green sari, with a bare-chested attendant in yellow standing at the side. Men in white dhotis and turbans, some bare-chested, walk alongside holding red and green parasols and lead a white horse decorated with red cloth. Ochre-orange palace walls with arched windows form the background under a blue sky. The panel is mounted on a wooden frame. The painted figures are not physical people.2006-11-10November 29 20132013-11-29November 09 20062006-11-09Interior wall relief panels in a hall with a white ceiling and a ceiling light fixture, set against blue backdrops above a row of metal-grilled windows. Painted three-dimensional figures include a goddess seated on a pink lotus in gold and green attire, a dancing figure with a flute-like object and a garland, a mythic scene with figures on lotuses and a decorated chariot holding a seated figure, and a multi-armed deity on a white bull holding a trident and other objects. No physical people are present in the scene.2007-12-12An open dark-bound handwritten puja manual photographed flat on a pale surface. On the left page, a printed color painting shows a deity pair seated on an ornate red throne beneath a decorated arch and a white parasol. The blue-skinned figure wears a bow and a yellow garment, and the figure beside them wears a jewelled green-and-red dress. Two attendants stand on the sides and a small devotee in green kneels at the lower left, with a lit oil lamp and offerings before the dais. The right page is blank cream paper. This is a photograph of a book, with no people present.A large painted mural in a palace-style hall, showing a scene from an epic. Blue-skinned figures wearing golden crowns sit on ornate yellow chairs at left, surrounded by richly dressed courtiers in gold headdresses, white and orange garments. In the centre, a blue-skinned figure in a golden crown stands beside a gilded chariot with a domed canopy, pulled by a white horse, while a woman in a yellow sari holds an offering plate before it. Red swagged curtains frame the scene, with blue-and-gold pillars and a painted sky behind. The figures are painted artwork, not physical people.2006-11-10July 30 20162016-07-30A painted mural panel on a wooden wall inside a palace, showing a royal procession. At centre, a golden canopied chariot with a domed gold roof carries a richly dressed figure wearing a tall gold crown, seated beside a woman in a teal headscarf and a figure in a white garment. Beside the chariot, a bare-chested attendant in a rust-orange dhoti holds a long gold staff, and a man in a red turban and orange dhoti walks beside a white horse. Behind them a crowd of bare-chested men in white dhotis and turbans and women in yellow and red saris carry parasols and drums, in front of a terracotta palace wall with arched windows under a blue sky.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09Photograph inside a palace hall where a long wall is covered with painted mural panels depicting Hindu epic scenes: a chariot drawn by a white horse with warriors, a cave with a bearded figure and a blue-skinned figure with a bow, a serpent coiled above, and a king seated on a throne beside a reclining blue deity on a bed with a bowing attendant. Two men stand in front, gazing up at the murals. The nearer man is bald and bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti and a beaded necklace. The man beside him has long dark swept-back hair and wears an orange saffron robe with a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace, and he is smiling as he looks up. A third person is partly visible at the right edge in orange clothing.2006-11-10A painted mural on a wooden panel depicts a dramatic courtyard scene. A bare-chested warrior in yellow dhoti and gold crown raises a sword overhead while grasping a woman by her long dark hair; she kneels on the ground in a teal and blue garment with gold jewellery. Beside them a standing figure in yellow and a gold crown watches. Behind, a large crowd of men in white dhotis and turbans gathers, and a golden ornate chariot with a domed canopy and spoked wheels, drawn by white oxen with an attendant in orange dhoti, stands at right. Red and green parasols, a pink palace building and blue sky complete the painted scene. No physical people are present in the photograph.2006-11-10