Kalighat Painting
29-225-48
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-48 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Calcutta |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Vrati | Vishnu? | Durga? | Lakshmi |
| Inscription Language | English Language |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Vishnu or Durga. Four-armed figure with blue-black skin holding a club and severed head. Female figure, Laskhm(?) kneels at right. Folk art style with thin, bright pigments loosely applied. Some silver paint. |
| Height | 45.72 cm |
| Width | 27.94 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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