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Shiva Panchanana

Painting
ca. 1855 - ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Shiva Panchanana (five-headed Shiva).

Object details

Categories
Hinduism
Paintings
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShiva Panchanana (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Paint
Tin Alloy
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shiva Panchanana, watercolour and tin alloy on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, 1855-1860
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and tin alloy on paper, depicting Shiva Panchanana (five-headed Shiva).
Dimensions
  • Height: 396mm (maximum)
  • Width: 280mm (maximum)
  • Card onto which object mounted height: 417mm
  • Card onto which object mounted width: 307mm
15/05/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape.
Content description
Shiva Panchanana (five-headed Shiva).
Style
Kalighat Painting
Credit line
Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex
Object history
Part of an album, containing 196 prints, paintings and pen and pencil drawings together with 37 loose pages of paintings, calligraphic drawings, and outline pen drawings. The collection is mainly composed of native lithograph pictures sold at the local bazaars and fairs of Upper India and Bengal. The album was collected by late J Lockwood Kipling between the years 1865 and 1893. In 1875 he became Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore and held this post until his retirement in 1893. The album was presented to the Museum by his son, Rudyard Kipling in 1917.

Given by Rudyard Kipling Esq., Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project.

R.P. 1917-2627M, R.P. 1917-2705M
Subject depicted
Shiva
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.2:80-1917

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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