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Watercolour of an ornate long boat with a peacock-shaped prow and dragon-headed stern, rowers under a domed canopy, on blue water.

Six men row a long boat with a domed canopy, shaped as a peacock in the front and a dragon's mouth at the back. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

A watercolour shows a long ornamental boat on blue water, its prow carved as a green-and-blue peacock and its stern ending in a green dragon head. Orange-robed rowers pull oars beneath a small domed canopy, while a standing steersman and a red pennant on a tall pole complete the scene.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2721 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Bote con proa de pavo real y dosel abovedado

Una acuarela muestra un bote ornamental largo sobre agua azul, con la proa tallada como pavo real verde y azul y la popa terminada en una cabeza de dragón verde. Remeros de túnicas naranjas manejan los remos bajo un pequeño dosel abovedado, mientras un timonel de pie y un pendón rojo en un mástil alto completan la escena.

Português: Barco com proa de pavão e dossel abobadado

Uma aquarela mostra um barco longo e ornamentado sobre água azul, com a proa esculpida como pavão verde e azul e a popa terminada em cabeça de dragão verde. Remadores de túnicas laranja movem os remos sob um pequeno dossel abobadado, enquanto um timoneiro em pé e uma bandeira vermelha num mastro alto completam a cena.

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