7junipers.com » birds http://7junipers.com/log Asian Art and Culture Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Auspicious Tree with Birds and Two Elephants http://7junipers.com/log/auspicious-tree-with-birds-and-two-elephants/ http://7junipers.com/log/auspicious-tree-with-birds-and-two-elephants/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:00:22 +0000 xensen http://7junipers.com/log/auspicious-tree-with-birds-and-two-elephants/ Auspicious Tree with Birds and Two Elephants is a post from: 7junipers.com

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This painting comes from the region of Mithila in India, where domestic wall painting is traditionally practiced by village women on the occasion of marriages and festivals. Since the 1960s, thanks to an initiative launched by the Indian government, the women have also been painting on paper (and are sometimes now joined by men)

This is an image of an auspicious tree with colorful birds and two elephants (22 x 30 in.) The artist’s name is Nidhi, of whom I know nothing. I bought this painting from someone who had recently returned from the region. The elephants with their garland probably express a marriage motif. This image is rather unusual in Mithila painting.

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Related: an auspicious tree of life from a Mesoamerican context.

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