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L'Araba Fenice: An Artshop in Ladakh

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L'Araba Fenice: An Artshop in Ladakh

Leh, Ladakh; The shop was a treasure of unusual paintings. The owner was a delightful Kashmiri man who'd been there for many years.

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The Gond Artists Face the Destruction of their Forests

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The Gond Artists Face the Destruction of their Forests

Silk Road Gallery has often featured the wonderful paintings of the Gond people of India. But now the existence of Gond is under threat because of India's demand for coal. 

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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

Peacocks as a motif decorating textiles, furniture and jewellery - a wonderful image that suggests exuberant beauty, seduction, heat and a lazy indolence.

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Indian Miniature Paintings

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Indian Miniature Paintings

Indian Miniature paintings are often commissioned for books and are usually executed on paper. You will also see similar styles of painting on a larger scale in palaces such as these at Bundi, a small town in Rajasthan. 

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