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DescriptionMahatma Buddha.jpg
Vintage Print Mahatma Buddha litho Ravi Varma / Verma Press#Pr1
Vintage Print Mahatma Buddha oleograph/litho
Ravi Varma Press
Size approx. 13.5x9.6 conditions shown in images, minor ignorable faults nice4 for framing and collection. Circa late1890s. #Pr19
This is original vintage print.
This is not moderan reproduction
original oleograph/lithograph printed at Ravi Varma Press & other contemporary presses are old & gone through vagaries of time. They may be slightly damaged & in soiled condition. This does not anyway diminish the beauty of oleograph.
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