Add Or 1867-1873, Add Or 1875-1878, Add Or 1884-1885
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Add.Or.1867-1873, Add.Or.1875-1878, Add.Or.1884-1885 Thirteen paintings illustrating: (a) seven religious or mythological subjects (b) six scenes of c ...
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Add.Or.1867-1873, Add.Or.1875-1878, Add.Or.1884-1885 Thirteen paintings illustrating: (a) seven religious or mythological subjects (b) six scenes of current Calcutta life. By Becheram Das Pande, Kalighat, c.1865. Water-colour and silver details with, in some cases, lithographed outlines; app...
Krishna and Balarama standing beneath a tree; Krishna playing on his flute, Balarama holding a horn.. Artist(s): Becaram Das Pande (fl. 1855-65)
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Krishna and Balarama standing beneath a tree; Krishna playing on his flute, Balarama holding a horn. Lithographed in Bengali characters: ‘sri becaram das ...’ Lithographed outline.
Muharram festival figure; Buraq with a ta'ziyah on its back.
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Muharram festival figure; Buraq with a ‘ta’ziyah’ on its back. Note: Buraq was the winged human-headed horse that carried Muhammad to Paradise. The ‘ta’ziyahs’ which are carried in the Muharram procession are bamboo and paper constructions representing the tombs of Hasan and Husain, the grands...
The sheep lover: a courtesan holding a rose in her right hand and leading a sheep with a human head.
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The sheep lover: a courtesan holding a rose in her right hand and leading a sheep with a human head. Note: Compare Add.Or.3364. For ‘the sheep husband’, a phrase employed at Bengali weddings for taunting or teasing the bridegroom, but perhaps also used for satirizing female domination, see W.G...