Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Terracotta elephant

Figure
1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand-modelled terracotta elephant to which a white mica pigment has been applied. Details are outlined in a black pigment. Often sold in a mela (fair) as a toy.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTerracotta elephant (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted terracotta
Brief description
elephant; Sculpture, terracotta, painted
Physical description
Hand-modelled terracotta elephant to which a white mica pigment has been applied. Details are outlined in a black pigment. Often sold in a mela (fair) as a toy.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Credit line
Given by J.C. Irwin
Production
West Bengal
Bibliographic reference
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.59
Collection
Accession number
IS.121-1952

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Record createdNovember 15, 2004
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