Ganesha
Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
ca. 1830 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painting, Ganesh, son of Shiva and Parvati, is shown sitting on a low stool, with his vehicle, the rat, below him. He is depicted as short and fat with an elephant's head. His four arms carry a club, a discus, a conch shell and a lotus. He wears a long green scarf around his shoulders and a dhoti from the waist down. The jewelled head ornament indicates he is a god. His body is always painted in a shade of pink while his head remains white. Personal adornments of necklaces, hair and ear ornaments are painted in tin alloy.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ganesha (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil line drawing painted over in watercolour on mill made paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Ganesha, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | Painting, Ganesh, son of Shiva and Parvati, is shown sitting on a low stool, with his vehicle, the rat, below him. He is depicted as short and fat with an elephant's head. His four arms carry a club, a discus, a conch shell and a lotus. He wears a long green scarf around his shoulders and a dhoti from the waist down. The jewelled head ornament indicates he is a god. His body is always painted in a shade of pink while his head remains white. Personal adornments of necklaces, hair and ear ornaments are painted in tin alloy. |
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| Content description | Ganesh, son of Shiva and Parvati, is shown sitting on a low stool, with his vehicle, the rat, below him. He is depicted as short and fat with an elephant's head. His four arms carry a club, a discus, a conch shell and a lotus. He wears a long green scarf around his shoulders and a dhoti from the waist down. The jewelled head ornament indicates he is a god. His body is always painted in a shade of pink while his head remains white. Personal adornments of necklaces, hair and ear ornaments are painted in tin alloy. |
| Style | |
| Production | The dating follows W.G Archer's 1971 catalogue of the V&A's collection of Kalighat paintings. Calcutta is referred to in the 21st Century as Kolkata. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656.
p. 45 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.208-1950 |
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| Record created | January 5, 2006 |
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