Add.Or.3321-3324 Four drawings of brides surrounded with fertility symbols. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Dare ...
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Add.Or.3321-3324 Four drawings of brides surrounded with fertility symbols. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sabhapati Das, village Darema, p.s. Darbhanga, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1920-30. Pen-and-ink and water-colour. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purc...
Design of lotus circles. Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a "bamboo tree".
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Design (aide-mémoire) of lotus circles ‘(kamalban).’ Seven lotus circles, the central one pierced by a ‘bamboo tree’. In the four corners (commencing from the top left) are Siva and Parvati with Nandi, an owl, the bride and bridegroom being carried in a palanquin, the bride and bridegroom with...
Design for a wall-painting with Krishna playing his flute in the centre surrounded by a circular chain of milkmaids; the whole in the form of a Kamalban.
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Design for a wall-painting with Krishna playing his flute in the centre surrounded by a circular chain of milkmaids; the whole in the form of a ‘kamalban’ (lotus circle). 435 by 435 mm
Add.Or.3326-3329 Four paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sripat Mallik, village Simri, p.s. B ...
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Add.Or.3326-3329 Four paintings of wedding and religious subjects. By Maithil Kayasth women from the household of Sripat Mallik, village Simri, p.s. Benipatti, Madhubani subdivision, Darbhanga district, Bihar, c.1930. Coloured inks. Presented to W.G. Archer by the household, 1940. Purchased...