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581. Add Or 3659

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Add Or 3659
Title:
An elephant holding a lotus in its trunk.
Scope & Content:
An elephant holding a lotus in its trunk.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

582. Add Or 3660

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Add Or 3660
Title:
A horse with a snake rearing beside it.
Scope & Content:
A horse with a snake rearing beside it.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

583. Add Or 3661

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Add Or 3661
Title:
A pigeon with a snake rearing beside it.
Scope & Content:
A pigeon with a snake rearing beside it.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 Item

584. Add Or 3662

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3662
Title:
The gods in their temple car, preceded by a rider on a yellow deer.
Scope & Content:
A painting depicting the Jagannatha trio in their temple car accompanied by precursors. By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, c.1800 or earlier. Gouache and earth-colours on prepared cloth; 220 by 265 mm. Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the painter community in a suburb of Pur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

585. Add Or 3663

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Add Or 3663
Title:
The gods on horseback meet the milkmaid.
Scope & Content:
The gods meet the milkmaid. Balabhadra and Jagannatha, both in semi-human form and riding two prancing horses, encounter a standing female figure with yellow skin and a pot of curds on her head. She holds out her right hand and raises her left arm. Balabhadra with white face and hands but blu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

586. Add Or 3664

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Add Or 3664
Title:
The Jagannatha trio installed in majesty in a shrine with below them three priests.
Scope & Content:
The Jagannatha trio installed in majesty in a shrine with below them three priests. Siva, white-skinned and wreathed with snakes, reveres them on the left, Brahma four-armed, four-headed and yellow skinned, reveres them on the right. At the bottom is the untouchables’ image of Jagannatha, situ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

587. Add Or 3665

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3665
Title:
The Jagannath trio installed in majesty in a shrine with below them three priests.
Scope & Content:
A similar version of the same subject, substituting a lamp for the small black-skinned devotee beside the dancing Krishna. 275 by 245 mm. Note: The meaning of the epithet ‘Sudarsana’ in the name Sudarsana Cakra is either ‘handsome’or’keen-sighted’, the latter perhaps a reference to its power o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

588. Add Or 3666

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3666
Title:
The gods in their temple car preceded by a figure standing on a bull
Scope & Content:
The gods in their temple car preceded by a figure standing on a bull. The temple car has a green under-carriage and a single large black wheel. To the left, a cream-coloured bull with orange harness supports on its back a standing figure in green coat and trousers. Background reddish-madder. ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

589. Add Or 3667

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3667
Title:
Jagannatha in the role of Krishna slays the crane demon, Bakasura, by tearing apart its beak.
Scope & Content:
Jagannatha in the role of Krishna slays the crane demon, Bakasura, by tearing apart its beak. To the left, Balabhadra, a jovial, pot-bellied figure with fully formed arms and legs, white-skinned and with a dark green dhoti. In the middle, Subadhra, a yellow head on a slim black trunk. On the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

590. Add Or 3668

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3668
Title:
Jagannatha in the form of Krishna steals the milkmaids clothes.
Scope & Content:
Jagannatha in the form of Krishna steals the milkmaids’ clothes. In the centre is a green stem-like tree with intertwined branches and yellow flowers, six sets of clothes twisted round their ends. Behind it at the bottom is an expanse of black water besprinkled with white flowers. On either s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item