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# Painting

Opaque watercolour painting of a potter working at the wheel, fashioning a pot. Four further pots are near him on the ground awaiting the finishing touches. His hair is shaved but for a small tuft gathered on his forehead. On his forehead, chest and arms are tripundras (three horizontal lines).

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1750–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-40](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-40) · Pramāṇa
