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Manuscript cover
- Place of origin:
Bengal (made)
- Date:
1499 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted in gouache on wood
- Credit Line:
Purchased with Art Fund support
- Museum number:
IS.103-1955
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Painted wooden bookcover, gouache on wood.
Place of Origin
Bengal (made)
Date
1499 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Painted in gouache on wood
Dimensions
Length: 16 1/8 in, Width: 5 7/8 in
Object history note
From the J.C. French collection
Purchased by J.C. French in 1934 from Ajit Ghose who obtained them near Vishnupur, Bankura district, Bengal.
Purchased from the executors of the late J.C. French with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, 1955.
Historical context note
From the J.C. French collection.
Originally obtained from Vishnupur, either by Ajit Ghose or perhaps by J.C. French. Purchased from the executors of the late J.C. French with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, 1955.
Descriptive line
Cover from a Vishnu Purana manuscript, painted with the ten incarnations of Vishnu, gouache on wood, Bengal, 1499
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
p.41
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
Production Note
Bankura district, West Bengal possibly
Materials
Gouache; Wood
Techniques
Painted
Subjects depicted
Hinduism; Dance
Categories
Manuscripts; Paintings; Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
