The appearance of 'Kamale kaminee' before Shrimanta

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Artist/Maker	Svarnakar, Gopi Charan (Maker)
Place of origin	Calcutta (Made)

Mangalachandi (a form of Chandi or Durga) as 'Kamalekamini' (the lady in a lotus), seated on a lotus with Ganesha in her arms, appearing to Shrimanta who is in a 'mayurpankhi' (a peacock-shaped boat) on his voyage to Sinhala (Sri Lanka).

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Category	Prints
Object type	Woodcut
Title	The appearance of 'Kamale kaminee' before Shrimanta (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Print on paper Paper Ink Printing
Brief description	Woodcut depicting the appearance of 'Kamale kaminee' before Shrimanta, woodcut with watercolour, Kolkata (Calcutta), c.1860-70
Physical description	Mangalachandi (a form of Chandi or Durga) as 'Kamalekamini' (the lady in a lotus), seated on a lotus with Ganesha in her arms, appearing to Shrimanta who is in a 'mayurpankhi' (a peacock-shaped boat) on his voyage to Sinhala (Sri Lanka).
Dimensions	Height: 26.5cm Width: 34.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Shri Navakrishna san Shobhabajar' 'Shri Shri Kamale kamini' 'Shrimanter Kamale kamini darshan' 'Shri Gupicharan Svarnakarer khodita san Kombuletola' (Inscribed in Bengali characters.) Translation 'Navakrishna of Shobhabazar' 'Kamale kamini appearing to Shrimanta' 'engraved by Gopi Charan Svarnakar of Kombuleetola'
Object history	Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design. RP 53/1609
Production	Woodcut print
Subject depicted	Hinduism
Bibliographic references	Archer, Mildred, Indian Popular Painting in the India Office Library, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1977, p.167 ISBN 0 11 580184 7 Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.53
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	E.5524-1904

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Record created	September 3, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O103145/the-appearance-of-kamale-kaminee-woodcut-svarnakar-gopi-charan/

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