Kalighat Painting
29-225-50
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-50 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Calcutta |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Rama | Female |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Ramayana scene. Rama is at left in dark blue. Central figure is female with parasol. Female attendant 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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