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The Hunter, Tinnen or Kannappa.

Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Tiruchchirappalli (made)

The Hunter, Tinnen or Kannappa in the act of digging out his second eye. From the top of the lingam issues the arm of Shiva.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Indian Company Paintings
Object type
Painting
TitleThe Hunter, Tinnen or Kannappa. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on watermarked paper
Gouache
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, The Hunter, Tinnen or Kannappa, Trichinopoly, ca. 1825.
Physical description
The Hunter, Tinnen or Kannappa in the act of digging out his second eye. From the top of the lingam issues the arm of Shiva.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Width: 18cm
Style
Company
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Inscription; decoration; Telugu; Telugu; Beneath illustration)
  • '20. Paramaswere in order to know the heart of his disciple Cunnapon appeared one day that one of his eyes were sore to which he was very sorry and took out one of his own eyes placed in its stead the second day the other, the god then lay hold of his hand and favoured him very much.' (Inscription; decoration; English; Roman; Beneath illustration)
Object history
Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923.
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 26 p. ISBN 0944142303
  • Barnard, Nick: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p. 99. no. 3.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.374-1923

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Record createdJuly 20, 2000
Record URL
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