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Vivaca Ragaputra, a Leaf from Ragamala Series

Cleveland Museum of Art

A framed painting of three men and a tree against a yellow background. The man on the left wears a green outfit and sits on one knee. He holds two curved sticks. The man in the middle sits on a decorated platform, wearing white with a yellow sash. He has a turban on his head. The man on the right wears a pink outfit and holds a curved stick above his head. A tree with rounded green leaves stands on the left. The frame around the painting is orange. Blue and white clouds are in the sky above. A strip of green grass is under the platform.

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665 × 900 px
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