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Add Or 3666
- Record Id:
- 032-003263914
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263914
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00016b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3666
- Title:
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The gods in their temple car preceded by a figure standing on a bull
- Scope & Content:
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The gods in their temple car preceded by a figure standing on a bull. The temple car has a green under-carriage and a single large black wheel. To the left, a cream-coloured bull with orange harness supports on its back a standing figure in green coat and trousers. Background reddish-madder. Black border with yellow hatching.
By a citrakar of Puri, Puri district, Orissa, c.1800 or earlier.
Gouache and earth-colours on prepared cloth; 215 by 255 mm.
Acquired by W.G. Archer from members of the painter community in a suburb of Puri, December 1933. Purchased 1974.
Note: The bull is possibly Nandi, vehicle of Siva.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003263914", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 3666: The gods in their temple car preceded by a figure standing on a bull" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263914
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263914
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Eastern India style
Orissa style
Orissa/Puri style - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: cloth; opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, Indian popular painting in the India Office Library (London, 1977), 118
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Hindu divinities