Jean-Baptiste Oudry, “The Plague-stricken Animals” (1731), brush and black ink, gray wash with white opaque watercolor on blue paper; border applied with blue watercolor and black ink, 12 1/8 ...

Regarding the significance of the colors chosen for the sari, the white stands for truth and purity, while the three blue stripes on the border signify the vows that the nuns take: the first ...