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381. Add Or 3509

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Add Or 3509
Title:
Eight Vaisnava devotees engaged in kirtan chanting praise of Krishna (Hari), with musicians. A bullock about to be sacrificed. Two headless corpses, their severed heads below them.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Eight Vaisnava devotees engaged in ‘kirtan’ chanting praise of Krishna (Hari). In the centre a drummer with thin cylindrical drum, on either side of him a figure clashing cymbals, to the left, a figure with upraised arms, on the right, two further figures also with upraised arms. Below them tw...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

382. Add Or 3510

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Add Or 3510
Title:
Three man in a row seated before cooking pots piled one above another. Below, a pair of men and a pair of women, one chastising the other with a broom.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Three men in a row seated before three cooking pots piled one above another. Below, a pair of men and a pair of women, one chastising the other with a ‘broom’. Inscribed in Bengali characters, above: ‘anna kiniya khai’ (we buy rice for our food); below: ‘jhatar bari’ (to beat with a broom). N...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1940
Extent:
1 Item

383. Add Or 3511

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3511
Title:
Radha and Krishna. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Radha and Krishna standing together in an alcove with Krishna holding a flute, two milkmaids fanning them. Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.73.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

384. Add Or 3511-3518

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Add Or 3511-3518
Title:
Add.Or.3511-3518 Scroll painting cut into eight sections illustrating the Krishna story. By Kirtan Citrakar, village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subd ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3511-3518 Scroll painting cut into eight sections illustrating the Krishna story. By Kirtan Citrakar, village Bora, Banskuli circle, Dumka subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, 1943. Water-colour; width 280 mm. Collected by W.G. Archer, 1945. Purchased 1974.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943-1943
Extent:
8 items

385. Add Or 3512

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3512
Title:
Jasoda, Krishna who holds a flute, and Balarama with a cowherd holding over him a parasol. Below, three cows with fluting Krishna, Balarama, and another cowherd. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Jasoda sitting on a high stool, her legs dangling, supporting the young Krishna who holds a flute; Balarama with a stick standing beside them, another cowherd holding over him a small parasol. Below, three cows - brown, white and blue - with Krishna playing on the flute; Balarama, white-skinned...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

386. Add Or 3513

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3513
Title:
Seven milkmaids.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Seven milkmaids in two lines.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

387. Add Or 3514

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3514
Title:
Krishna stealing the milkmaids' clothes. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Six milkmaids, nude with long hair, standing on the green bank of the river Jumna, the river indicated by the blue of the border. A tall tree, dividing them into two groups, conceals the figure of Krishna, who sits on a branch, holding a long flute, six various coloured dresses flapping around ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

388. Add Or 3515

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3515
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids and pots of curds. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
A row of four milkmaids, each with a pot of curds on her head. Below, Krishna seated at the top of a towering stool, approached by two further milkmaids, also carrying pots of curd. Krishna, as previously, with a flute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

389. Add Or 3516

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3516
Title:
Krishna with milkmaids and pots of curds. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
Krishna placates the milkmaids by carrying on a yoke six piled pots of curd; two milkmaids accompany him. Below, he ferries three of them in a boat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item

390. Add Or 3517

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3517
Title:
The circular dance.. Artist(s): Kirtan Chitrakar (fl. 1940s)
Scope & Content:
The circular dance. Above, Radha and Krishna on a lotus. Below, six pairs of dancers, Krishna partnering simultaneously six different milkmaids. In all seven cases, he holds his flute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 Item