A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
577139i
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view A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.

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A Sinhalese demon, Coomar, with one leg wrapped around a man, clutching an earring (?) with one hand and holding a twig and a cockerel with his other. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Sri Lanka], [between 1800 and 1899?]

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1 painting : gouache painting, with pen and ink ; image 25.7 x 14.9 cm

Lettering

The devil called Coomār

Reference

Wellcome Collection 577139i

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