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21. Add Or 599

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Add Or 599
Title:
Mendicant's wife with hand-punkah.
Scope & Content:
Mendicant’s wife with hand-punkah. Inscribed: ‘Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

22. Add Or 609

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Add Or 609
Title:
Vaisnava devotee with fire and tongs.
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava devotee with fire and tongs. Inscribed: ‘Devotee covered with yellow ochre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 Item

23. Add Or 686

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Add Or 686
Title:
Saiva mendicant and female devotee; the man carries a peacock-feather and hand-punkah, the woman holds a spear and a garland.
Scope & Content:
Shaiva mendicant and female devotee; the man carries a peacock-feather fan and hand punkah, the woman holds a spear and a garland. Inscribed: ‘Pandaweem & his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

24. Add Or 767

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Add Or 767
Title:
Two Jangama (Saiva) ascetics in saffron robes with green feather hats and long braided hair.
Scope & Content:
Two ‘Jangam’ (Shaiva) ascetics in saffron robes with green-feather hats and long braided hair. Inscribed: ‘2 Priests.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1830-1832
Extent:
1 Item

25. Add Or 899

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Title:
Chaitanya and Nityananda
Scope & Content:
Caitanya and his follower Nityananda. Inscribed: ‘2. Nitai Chaitanya.’ 390 by 280 mm. Note: Caitanya (1486-1533) was a mystic and religious teacher who lived in Bengal. He had a great influence on the spread of Vaisnavism and was at times regarded as an incarnation of Radha and Krishna, and o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

26. Add Or 900

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Add Or 900
Title:
Jagai and Madhai, converts of Chaitanya
Scope & Content:
Jagai and Madhai, converts of Caitanya. Inscribed: ‘8. Jagie and Madhaie.’ 425 by 280 mm. Note: The brothers Jagai and Madhai were aggressive drunkards who were converted by Caitanya and became his devoted followers.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 Item

27. Add Or 912

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Add Or 912
Title:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Chaitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Keshav Bharati. Bottala, Calcutta. Artist(s): Krishna Chandra, of Bottala (fl.mid 19th century)
Scope & Content:
Procession of Vaisnava devotees including Caitanya, Advaita, Nityananda and Kesav Bharati. By Krishna Candra, Calcutta, c.1860-70. Inscribed: ‘71.’ ‘A Bishnnuote procession;’ engraved in Bengali characters: ‘sri advaita prabhu. sri nityananda prabhu. sri maha prabhu. sri kesab bharati’ (na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1870
Extent:
1 Item

28. Add Or 964

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 964
Title:
Narada the great sage.
Scope & Content:
Narada, the great sage. Inscribed in English: ‘Naratha’; in Tamil: ‘naratar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
1 Item

29. Add Or 993

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Add Or 993
Title:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand.
Scope & Content:
Ascetic in saffron robe holding a rosary in his right hand. Inscribed: ‘Fakir.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

30. Add Or 1014

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1014
Title:
Saiva ascetic (urddhvabahu) seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks
Scope & Content:
Shaiva ascetic with raised arms and long nails ‘(urddhvabahu)’ seated on a tiger skin; also labourer breaking bricks. Inscribed: ‘Native beggar.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item