Nitai and Gaur
Painting
ca. 1865 - ca. 1870 (made)
ca. 1865 - ca. 1870 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Nitai and Gaur, worshippers of Krishna, standing on lotus pedestals. Each wears a lilac dhoti and a red shawl with silver details (executed in tin alloy) on the borders.
Object details
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| Title | Nitai and Gaur (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Nitai and Gaur, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1865-1870 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Nitai and Gaur, worshippers of Krishna, standing on lotus pedestals. Each wears a lilac dhoti and a red shawl with silver details (executed in tin alloy) on the borders. |
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| Content description | Nitai and Gaur, worshippers of Krishna, standing on lotus pedestals. |
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| Credit line | Given by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, to which the series was presented by Mrs. Western of Langbrookside, Havant, Hampshire. |
| Object history | Given by the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, to which it was presented by Mrs Western of Langrookside, Havant, Hampshire |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, W G: 'Kalighat Paintings', V&A, 1971, p54, 10xii
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| Accession number | IS.243-1953 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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