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Bhima and Duhshashana

Painting
ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Kolkata (made)

Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Bhima drinking the blood of Duhshashana. Episode from the Mahabharata.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Folk Art
Religion
Hinduism
Myths & Legends
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleBhima and Duhshashana (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard
Watercolour
Tin Alloy
Cardboard
Paint
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Bhima drinking Duhshashana's blood, watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1890
Physical description
Painting, in watercolour and tin alloy on cardboard, Bhima drinking the blood of Duhshashana. Episode from the Mahabharata.
Content description
Bhima drinking the blood of Duhshashana.
Style
Kalighat
Marks and inscriptions
(inscribed in Bengali )
Transliteration
'dushyashana raktapan'
Subjects depicted
Death
Men
Death
Blood
Bhima
Duhshashana
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.279-1961

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O432574/bhima-and-duhshashana-painting-unknown/
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