Object Number | 29-225-55 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Hindu |
Provenience | India |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper | Pigment |
Technique | Printed | Woodblock Printed |
Iconography | Shiva | Nandi | Parvati | Ganesha | Karttikeya | Palace |
Description | Print, probably woodblock, in black and red on brown cardboard. Image of Shaivite Holy Family. Palace setting with Shiva on Nandi (the bull), Parvati (Shiva's wife), Shiva's sons, Ganesha, and Karttikeya. 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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