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311. Add Or 3523

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3523
Title:
Three Soren sepoys.
Scope & Content:
Three Soren sepoys (members of the soldier clan), dressed in white trousers with black stripes, coats edged with pink and with black shoes, two of them holding muskets, the third a sword. The soldier to the left carries a ‘nargila’ pipe, the centre figure has a bird. Below, a spotted stag look...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

312. Add Or 3524

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3524
Title:
Krishna standing playing a flute, with Jasoda, Balarama and cows
Scope & Content:
Krishna standing playing the flute, on either side a milkmaid fanning him. Below, Jasoda seated on a chair, the infant Krishna in her lap; in front of them Balarama (here shown coloured blue) carrying a calf on his shoulders, followed by two figures, one with a short stick, the other with a thi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

313. Add Or 3525

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3525
Title:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids' clothes
Scope & Content:
Krishna seated in a tree playing the flute, below him a white-skinned figure (Balarama?) holding a cow-stick. Below, a row of five milkmaids standing. At the bottom, Krishna in a tree with five pieces of cloth on the branches; below, behind the tree, a band of pale blue water like a wall, four...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

314. Add Or 3526

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3526
Title:
Krishna and the milkmaids with the pots of curds
Scope & Content:
Five milkmaids carrying pots of curd on their heads. Below, Krishna stopping them. At the bottom, Krishna carrying six pots slung from a yoke, three milkmaids accompanying him. Note: Explained by Jogendra Citrakar of Jogidih as milkmaids carrying their curds to Mathura, Krishna asking to see ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

315. Add Or 3527

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3527
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids; and Radha and Krishna
Scope & Content:
Krishna sitting under a tree, four milkmaids sitting on a string bed (charpoy) in front of him. Below, Krishna ferrying two milkmaids across the Jumma river. At the bottom, the diminutive figures of Radha and Krishna standing together on a lotus. Note: Explained by Jogendra Citrakar of Jogidi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

316. Add Or 3528

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3528
Title:
The circular dance.
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Krishna dancing simultaneously with four milkmaids and embracing Radha in their midst. Below, Krishna milking a cow, Jasoda restraining the calf. At the bottom, Krishna, Sridam and Suphal herding cows. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.72.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

317. Add Or 3529

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3529
Title:
Hor Raja Jalaghatia.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Hor Raja Jalaghatia (chief of the Santal tribe) dressed in yellow with tasselled head-dress bestriding a rearing red horse. Note: Jalaghatia, the name given by the artist, unexplained.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

318. Add Or 3530

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3530
Title:
Four Soren Sepoys.. Below, a hunting scene.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Four Soren Sepoys (members of the soldier clan) yellow-skinned, bare-footed, wearing black and white uniforms and carrying muskets. Below, a hunting scene; a spotted yellow deer, staring over its shoulder at a black and white dog about to bite its tall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

319. Add Or 3531

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3531
Title:
Hunting scene.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
Hunting scene. A yellow deer pursued by the same black and white dog as in above. Below them, sketch in red for a horse up-side down; above it, a version of the red horse in Add.Or.3529.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item

320. Add Or 3532

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3532
Title:
Yellow tiger surmounted by a yellow rider.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
A yellow ‘tiger’ with huge head, red and black eyes and black spots surmounted by a yellow rider, nude except for a red and white scarf round his shoulders. Below, a bulging structure radiating spikes. Note: The rider identified by Laku Citrakar as ‘Baghut bonga riding on a leopard’ and the st...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item