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401. 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

402. 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

403. 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

404. 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

405. 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

406. Add Or 3529-3535

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3529-3535
Title:
Add.Or.3529-3535 Part of a scroll painting cut into seven sections illustrating the Santal clans, Baghut bonga and the Santal creation story. By Madhu ...
Scope & Content:
Add.Or.3529-3535 Part of a scroll painting cut into seven sections illustrating the Santal clans, Baghut bonga and the Santal creation story. By Madhu Citrakar of village Pipla, Gaichand circle, Jamtara subdivision, Santal Parganas district, Bihar, c.1930. Water-colour; width 205 mm. Collect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1929-1931
Extent:
7 items

407. 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

408. 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

409. 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

410. Add Or 3533

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3533
Title:
The first Santal parents, and their seven sons.. Artist(s): Madhu Chitrakar (fl.1930s)
Scope & Content:
The first Santal parents. A woman lying down; below, a man and woman standing. Beneath them, in two rows, seven male figures four with axes, three with bows and arrows. NOTE:Identified by Laku Citrakar as Pilcu Haram and Pilcu Budhi,the first parents,and the subsidiary figures as their seven ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 Item