Kalighat Painting
29-225-14
From: India | Calcutta
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-225-14 |
| 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) | Hindu Spiritual Being |
| Description | Kalighat painting on cardboard. Image of Krishna, blue skinned boy, dancing on the seven heads of a giant snake, Naga. 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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