Shiva and Annapurna
Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
ca. 1830 (made)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva is standing on the right, accepting food from his wife, Annapurna, 'giver of plenty' and a benign form of Parvati. She holds a plate of rice in her left hand and a western style spoon in her right, while Shiva holds either a fruit or a sweetmeat in his left hand. Shiva is depicted in the mountain god form, with loose hair, and wearing a loin cloth of animal skin. Annapurna sits on a low backless divan type stool with clawed feet. The main colours used are red, grey, yellow and green. Personal adornments of necklaces, hair and ear ornaments are painted in tin alloy.
Object details
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Title | Shiva and Annapurna (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Pencil line drawing painted over in watercolour on mill made paper |
Brief description | Painting, Shiva and Annapurna, opaque watercolour on paper, Kalighat, Kolkata, ca. 1830 |
Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva is standing on the right, accepting food from his wife, Annapurna, 'giver of plenty' and a benign form of Parvati. She holds a plate of rice in her left hand and a western style spoon in her right, while Shiva holds either a fruit or a sweetmeat in his left hand. Shiva is depicted in the mountain god form, with loose hair, and wearing a loin cloth of animal skin. Annapurna sits on a low backless divan type stool with clawed feet. The main colours used are red, grey, yellow and green. Personal adornments of necklaces, hair and ear ornaments are painted in tin alloy. |
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Content description | Shiva is standing on the right, accepting food from his wife, Annapurna, 'giver of plenty' and a benign form of Parvati. She holds a plate of rice in her left hand and a western style spoon in her right, while Shiva holds either a fruit or a sweetmeat in his left hand. Shiva is depicted in the mountain god form, with loose hair, and wearing a loin cloth of animal skin. Annapurna sits on a low, backless divan type stool with clawed feet. The main colours used are red, grey, yellow and green. |
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Production | The dating follows W.G Archer's 1971 catalogue of the V&A's collection of Kalighat paintings. Calcutta is referred to in the 21st century as Kolkata. |
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Bibliographic reference | Archer, W.G., Kalighat Paintings, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1971, P44, 45 |
Collection | |
Accession number | IS.203-1950 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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