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291. Add Or 3483

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Add Or 3483
Title:
A brown-skinned four-headed figure sitting on a stool, with a supplicant, and 18 bleeding heads. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Above, a brown skinned four-headed figure with two arms seated on a low foot-stool, a princely figure kneeling and supplicating before him. Below, eighteen human heads in two rows, dripping long streams of blood. At the bottom, a drummer with five boys, two clashing cymbals the remaining three...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

292. Add Or 3485

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Add Or 3485
Title:
Two majestic figures with large heads and arms upraised.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Two majestic figures with large heads and arnis upraised, their legs swathed in dhotis, standing on either side of a slightly shorter female figure, her arms also raised; the figure on the left with greenish blue face and chest, the figure on the right with white face and chest. Above them, a c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

293. Add Or 3491

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Title:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids clothes.. Artist(s): Praneshwar Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids’ clothes. Seven nude girls stand in water, the arms of five of them upraised. Above them Krishna sits on the branch of a tree, playing the flute, the milkmaids’ clothes hanging on the branches.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

294. Add Or 3492

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Add Or 3492
Title:
Two majestic figures, with large heads, standing on either side of a female figure.. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
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Two majestic figures, with large heads, their legs apart and swathed in yellow dhotis, standing on either side of a female figure in blue blouse and red sari and veil; the left figure with white face and chest; the right figure with blue face and chest; both with rudimentary stump-like arms risi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

295. Add Or 3493

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Add Or 3493
Title:
A four-headed figure seated on a stool , a small duck-like bird beneath him; a figure supplicating with an attendant standing behind. Below, 18 bleeding heads. Artist(s): Malindra Chitrakar (fl.1940s)
Scope & Content:
A four-headed figure with red skin and yellow dhoti, seated on a high, wide stool, a small duck-like bird beneath him; to the left, a figure with cap and scarf supplicating before him, an attendant standing behind. Below, two rows of nine severed heads with ribbon-like streams of blood flowing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

296. Add Or 3499

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Add Or 3499
Title:
Sudhan, Krishna , Balarama and Sridam; below five cows.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A row of four figures: Sudhan, a cowherd associate of Krishna, Balarama (Krishna’s foster-brother), Krishna holding up a flute, and Sridam (another cowherd associate); below five cows. Note: Names of associates supplied by the artist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

297. Add Or 3500

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Add Or 3500
Title:
A group of six milkmaids standing in two lines.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A group of six milkmaids standing in two lines with pitchers tucked under their right arms.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

298. Add Or 3501

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Add Or 3501
Title:
Krishna playing the flute and stealing the milkmaids' clothes. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute high up in a tall tree which is draped with the clothes of the milkmaids; below him, nine nude milkmaids standing on a river bank, their left hands (in eight cases) sheltering their sex, their right hands (in nine cases) upraised in supplication.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

299. Add Or 3502

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Title:
Krishna with milkmaids. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna, seated on a stool, addressing two milkmaids with pots of curd on their heads; below, ferrying three milkmaids in a boat across the river Jumna.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

300. Add Or 3503

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3503
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna carrying two pots of curd on a yoke; on either side a milkmaid with a pot of curd on her head. Below Krishna, seated on a stool, addressing three milkmaids who have laid their pots before him.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item