Kalighat Painting
29-225-13
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 29-225-13 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian | Hindu |
Provenience | India | Calcutta |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Paper | Pigment |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Hindu Spiritual Being | Saraswati | Lakshmi | Lotus |
Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of two female figures, one in gray (Saraswati) and one in red with yellow skin (Lakshmi), standing on lotus flowers. 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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