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Add Or 4239
- Record Id:
- 040-003278157
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003278156
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002178
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4239
- Title:
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Maithil Brahmin aide-memoire for the decoration of the bridal chamber on the occasion of the 'first' marriage.
RESTRICTED ACCESS. Artist(s): Siddheshvari Devi (fl. c.1940)
- Scope & Content:
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From the left, above: Four-armed Krishna in a tree with six men around it; seated Brahma and Ganesa; lotus circles with a head (the moon?) above; a wreathed bamboo shoot with two birds above.
Below: Siva and Parvati in a pavilion with two fish above; Vishnu lying on Sesha, with Brahma and Laksmi, in a roundel; four-armed Krishna with two ‘gopis’ and two turtles; the ‘Rasamandala’ with Krishna in a tree with two ‘gopis’ below and around them the circle of Krishna dancing with each of the ‘gopis’; Indra on the elephant Airavata; a man carrying a yoke, a chequered board, necklace and fan, and a standing brahmin(?) in a long formal coat. A lotus-bud scroll surrounds the whole, damaged and missing in parts.
Inscribed in nagari in red ink: ‘Srimati Siddhesvari Devi...Sri Jagat Narayan Jha, Mo. Khadahara, Po. Varahat, Jila Bhagalpur, Thana Vaka’.
135 by 164 cm.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003278156
040-003278157 - Is part of:
- Add Or 4239-4240 : Add.Or.4239-4240 Two Maithil Brahmin ‘aides-memoire’ for the decoration of the bridal chamber on the occasion of the…
Add Or 4239 : Maithil Brahmin aide-memoire for the decoration of the bridal chamber on the occasion of the 'first' marriage. RESTRICTED… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003278156[0001]/040-003278157
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 4239-4240
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Indian Contemporary style
Maithil (Madhubani) Brahmin style - Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- c 1940
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Devi, Siddheshvari, painter, fl 1940
- Subjects:
- Rites and Ceremonies
Women
women artists