Manuscript Cover
1647 (made)
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Painted wooden bookcover, gouache on wood.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted in gouache on wood |
| Brief description | Cover from a Vishnu Purana manuscript, painted with six Vaishnava devotees dancing and making music, opaque watercolour on wood, Bengal, about 1647 |
| Physical description | Painted wooden bookcover, gouache on wood. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support |
| Object history | From the J.C. French collection. Originally obtained from Vishnupur (Bishnupur), Bankura district, Bengal, 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. |
| Historical context | 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. |
| Production | Bankura district, West Bengal possibly |
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| Accession number | IS.103-1955 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2003 |
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