Kalighat Painting
29-225-31
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-31 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Calcutta |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Rama | Ravana | Duchmana | Hanuman |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Ramayana scene. Rama, at left, battling his two sons Kusha and Lava at right. Lord Hanuman appears at the top. 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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