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A seated figure sits on an ornate gilded throne with lion-head armrests on a red-draped stage. He wears an orange-saffron robe, a saffron turban-style headwear, and a saffron-and-white garland of flowers around his neck. Behind him is a large painted backdrop of a banyan tree with green foliage and hanging aerial roots against a golden sunset sky. Tall gilded pillars and brass oil lamps flank the throne, and white barriers line the front of the stage. The scene is a public discourse setting; the seated figure appears to be a sannyasi or priest rather than a clearly identifiable individual, so no identity is claimed from appearance.