Kalighat Painting
29-225-46
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-46 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian | Hindu |
| Provenience | India | Calcutta |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Shiva | Parvati |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Shiva and Parvati. Male figure with ashen skin at right. Female figure with trailing hood at left. 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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