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Three Hindu ascetics walking on burning embers. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
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Three Hindu ascetics walking on burning embers. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).

1800

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Lettering: Ceremony of walking on live coals as a penance. Lettering handwritten in ink in the bottom margin.

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