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Shiva

Painting
ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Shiva protecting a female devotee from a king, the devotee clasps a lingam shrine. The king wears a yellow tunic over orange trousers, and holds a sceptre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShiva (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard
Brief description
Painting, Shiva protecting woman, watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Shiva protecting a female devotee from a king, the devotee clasps a lingam shrine. The king wears a yellow tunic over orange trousers, and holds a sceptre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 86mm
  • Width: 138mm
12/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Shiva protecting a female devotee from a king.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(inscribed in Bengali )
Transliteration
'makand'
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.273-1961

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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