SOUTH INDIAN SCHOOL

HANUMAN STANDING IN ANJALI MUDRA
OPAQUE PIGMENTS
20TH CENTURY

A FINELY PAINTED STANDING FIGURE OF HANUMAN WITH HANDS JOINED IN PRAYER, WEARING A TALL JEWELLED CROWN, A VAISHNAVA TILAK, BEJEWELLED ARMLETS AND HEAVY ROSE GARLANDS, HIS LONG TAIL CURLING ROUND HIS LEG. HE STANDS BEFORE PINK AND BLUE DRAPED CURTAINS AND A SWAN-TOPPED COLUMN, IN THE MANNER OF TANJORE AND MYSORE TEMPLE PAINTINGS.

Good overall with minor surface wear, slight toning, and light foxing appropriate for age.