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401. Add Or 3513

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3513
Title:
Seven milkmaids.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Seven milkmaids in two lines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

402. Add Or 3514

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3514
Title:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids' clothes. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Six milkmaids, nude with long hair, standing on the green bank of the river Jumna, the river indicated by the blue of the border. A tall tree, dividing them into two groups, conceals the figure of Krishna, who sits on a branch, holding a long flute, six various coloured dresses flapping around ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

403. Add Or 3515

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3515
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids and pots of curds. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A row of four milkmaids, each with a pot of curds on her head. Below, Krishna seated at the top of a towering stool, approached by two further milkmaids, also carrying pots of curd. Krishna, as previously, with a flute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

404. Add Or 3516

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3516
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids and pots of curds. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna placates the milkmaids by carrying on a yoke six piled pots of curd; two milkmaids accompany him. Below, he ferries three of them in a boat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

405. Add Or 3517

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3517
Title:
The circular dance.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Above, Radha and Krishna on a lotus. Below, six pairs of dancers, Krishna partnering simultaneously six different milkmaids. In all seven cases, he holds his flute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

406. Add Or 3518

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3518
Title:
Krishna milking a cow; below, Krishna as the four-armed Visnu. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A cow being milked by Krishna, Jasoda, to the left, restraining the calf. Below, Krishna manifesting himself as the four-armed Visnu, holding in three of his hands a quoit, conch-shell and mace and supporting clouds with his fourth.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

407. Add Or 3519

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3519
Title:
A green tiger with blue eyes, ridden by a Muslim figure.
Scope & Content:
A green tiger with blue eyes, whiskers, claws and stripes and yellow collar, ridden by a bearded Muslim figure with green skin, yellow coat and blue trousers holding a rosary in his right hand, a pot suspended from a club in his left. Note: The Muslim figure regarded as Satya Pir, the tigers’ g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

408. Add Or 3519-3520

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3519-3520
Title:
Add.Or.3519-3520 Scroll painting cut into two sections depicting the tigers’ god. By a jadupatua of Jamtara subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bih ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3519-3520 Scroll painting cut into two sections depicting the tigers’ god. By a jadupatua of Jamtara subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1930. Water-colour; width 280 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Purchased 1974.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
2 items

409. Add Or 3520

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3520
Title:
The pir's shrine.
Scope & Content:
The ‘pir’s’ shrine - a small towering structure in blue, green and yellow attended by devotees, both yellow-skinned, one of them bearded. Below, two bearded Muslim figures stick-fighting, a third figure with a cylindrical clay drum slung over his shoulder.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

410. Add Or 3521

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3521
Title:
The goddess Kali.
Scope & Content:
Part of a scroll painting depicting the goddess Kali. By a jadupatua of Jamtara subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1930. Water-colour; width 290 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Purchased 1974. The goddess Kali, black-skinned with four arms, holding two knives and a sever...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item