Scroll Painting
ca. 1800 (painted)
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Scroll painting, in gouache on paper, the episodes shown on this piece include a lady being carried in a palanquin; the same lady lying on a couch guarded by tigers; the palanquin-bearers visiting a prince in a palace; a lady resting with her new-born child; Brahmins and a dervish. The scroll is divided into ten panels separated by horizontal, scrolling floral borders, the exterior borders containing separate formal vase and plant motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Scroll painting, scenes from a Bengali legend, by a member of the Patua caste, West Bengal, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Scroll painting, in gouache on paper, the episodes shown on this piece include a lady being carried in a palanquin; the same lady lying on a couch guarded by tigers; the palanquin-bearers visiting a prince in a palace; a lady resting with her new-born child; Brahmins and a dervish. The scroll is divided into ten panels separated by horizontal, scrolling floral borders, the exterior borders containing separate formal vase and plant motifs. |
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| Content description | A lady being carried in a palanquin; the same lady lying on a couch guarded by tigers; the palanquin-bearers visiting a prince in a palace; a lady resting with her new-born child; Brahmins and a dervish. |
| Gallery label | PART OF A PATA OR SCROLL PAINTING WITH SCENES FROM A BENGALI LEGEND
By an unknown member of the Patua community
Opaque watercolour on paper
Possibly Gankar village, Raghunathganj, Murshidabad District, West Bengal, c. 1800
IS.106-1955
From the collection of J.C. French. Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund
Although the legends depicted in this fragmentary scroll painting have not been identified, it may have belonged to a pata showing the lives of
the Bengali Muslim pirs or saints, including Gazi and Manik. The artists who made it would have acted as travelling storytellers and shown the pata, or scroll, scene by scene to their audience. In the illustrations, a heroine is carried in a palanquin to give birth in a place of refuge in the forest, where she is guarded by tigers and snakes. In a lower scene, a pir approaches two Hindu Brahmans. A violent encounter ensues. At the bottom, priests worship Vishnu.(01/08/2017) |
| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support |
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| Accession number | IS.106-1955 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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