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29-225-55

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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