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'Manasa ghat'

Vase
c.1978 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The hemispherical pot with short neck and everted rim stands on a conical pedestal which has a flattened lobed rim. The top of the pot bears the head of Manasa, garlanded with four cobras whose head rise on either side.

Object details

Category
Object type
Title'Manasa ghat' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted terracotta
Brief description
Terracotta ritual pot, Bankura District, India, ca.1978
Physical description
The hemispherical pot with short neck and everted rim stands on a conical pedestal which has a flattened lobed rim. The top of the pot bears the head of Manasa, garlanded with four cobras whose head rise on either side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.3cm
  • Width: 23.5cm
  • Depth: 23cm
Object history
Purchased from Anthropos Gallery, London
Production
Collected from the village of Panchmura, Bankura District
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Bussabarger, Robert and Betty Dashew Robins, Andrew Tau (photographer), The Everyday Art of India, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. 1968, pp.38-41.
  • 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.) : p.60
Collection
Accession number
IS.52-1979

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Record createdNovember 26, 2004
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