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Pancham Raga

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a scene from Pancham Raga by an unknown artist. The scene shows three people inside and a building outside. The building outside has a red roof and gray brick walls and a green and red door. The people inside are dressed in traditional Indian clothing. The person on the left is a woman with a blue and yellow dress and long black hair. The person in the middle is a man sitting on a blue and gold patterned couch, wearing a white shirt and pants with a gold necklace and a hat. The person on the right is a woman with a white and green dress and a head covering, holding a fly brush. The background inside is red. The background outside is black. There is a white structure with a dome roof on the left side of the building. There are flowers painted on the left side. The bottom of the image has a decorative border with flowers and vines. The top of the image has a border with black and yellow writing.

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650 × 893 px
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