Public domain art in sand

Artworks whose dominant colour is sand, measured from the image itself rather than from a curator's tag. Every work here is free to download and reuse.

Works in Public domain art in sand

From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626)

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An Illuminated Folio from the Royal Manuscript of the Farhang-i Jahangiri (recto)

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Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

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Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili

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Bhairava Raga

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Radha and Krishna seated on a balcony

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Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Riding an Elephant

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Parvati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (recto), from a Kalighat album

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A Man Dips His Hand into a Cauldron as Ladies of the Harem Stand in Amazement: A Page from a Manuscript of Religious History

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Krishna vanquishing King Bana, from an Usha-Aniruddha

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Kali and Devi attack, from a Devi Mahatmya

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Yasoda Churning Butter (verso), from a Kalighat album

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Historiated Initial (P?) Excised from a Bible

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Hanuman

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Man Seated in a European Chair Smoking a Margila Pipe, from a Kalighat album

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Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, Folio 35 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra

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Nobleman Visiting Saint at his Shrine

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Tortoise

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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Woman Playing Music (recto); Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet (verso)

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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Hari-Hara (recto); Vasudeva (Krishna's Father) Fleeing with Krishna Encounters a Cobra and a Jackal (verso)

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Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

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Durga (verso), from a Kalighat album

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Hari-Hara (recto), from a Kalighat album

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Woman Playing Music (recto), from a Kalighat album

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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Rama and Sita enthroned (recto); Garuda carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso)

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Portrait of the Courtier Mirza Muizz

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Winged Apsara with a Horn (recto)

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Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme (verso)

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Radha and Krishna

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A dancing dervish and three musicians, from a Divan (Collected Poems) of Urfi (Persian, 1555–1591)

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Rider and four-legged bovine creature in mauve, chartreuse and black palette

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Text, Folio 103 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Hari-Hara

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Lady after a Bath

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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): blank page

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The Goddess Ganga

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Calligraphy: A Page of Text from Sadi's Bustan (verso)

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Forty Lithographic Impressions from Drawings of Landscape Scenery by Thomas Barker, Selected from His Studies of Rustic Figures after Nature: Seated Man with Baskets Holding Hat and Walking Stick

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Turtle in a Lotus Pond

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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Parvati Placing a Wedding Garland on Shiva (recto); Yasoda Churning Butter (verso)

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Krishna Stroking Radha's Feet

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Text, Folio 66 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

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Canon Tables (verso)

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Portrait of a Prince with a Hawk

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Text, Folio 134 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Krishna Standing by Radha who is Seated on a Chair

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Princess Smoking a Hookah (as Salabhanjika)

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Text, Folio 58 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

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Raja Riding a Horse

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Trivikramapada (Three Steps of Vishnu)

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Calligraphy of a ghazal of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (Indian, 1253–1325) (verso)

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Rider and four-legged bovine creature with border of colored squares

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Rider and four-legged creature with floral motif

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Text, Folio 121 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Text page from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

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Matsya, Fish Avatara of Vishnu

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Persian ruba‘i (quatrain) by Maulana Muḥammad Murshidi Zawara’i (Persian, late 1500s–early 1600s) (verso)

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Yasoda and Krishna

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Calligraphy (verso)

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