Kalighat Painting

29-225-25

From: India | Calcutta

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-225-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India | Calcutta
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Krishna | Naga (Snake)
Description

Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Krishna and the Nagas. Blue-skinned Krishna is playing a flute and dancing on the head of a large snake. Two snake-bodied princesses. 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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