Not currently on display at the V&A

Shiva and Nandi

Painting
ca. 1760 - ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Mughal Empire (made)
Murshidabad (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shiva riding on Nandi.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Animals and Wildlife
Hinduism
Religion
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleShiva and Nandi (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Paint
Opaque Watercolour
Paper
Gold
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Shiva riding on Nandi, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, Murshidabad sub-style, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Shiva riding on Nandi.
Dimensions
  • Height: 310mm (maximum)
  • Width: 219mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 270mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 189mm (maximum)
14/08/2013 dimensions measured as part of the Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Shiva riding on Nandi.
Style
Mughal
Object history
Transferred from the Department of Engraving, Illustration & Design.

RP 57/68
Subjects depicted
Deities
Bull
Shiva
Nandi
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
D.373-1908

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O405466/shiva-and-nandi-painting-unknown/
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