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Leaf from a Kalighat album: Rama and Sita enthroned (recto); Garuda carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso)

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper
Measurements
Secondary Support: 47.9 x 29.3 cm (18 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.134
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A horizontally oriented gum tempera and graphite painting displays two scenes side-by-side. On the left, a green-skinned man and a woman in a red sari sit on a yellow throne beneath a fringed canopy, while a gray-skinned figure with a long tail bows below. On the right, a large yellow winged figure with a beak kneels, supporting two blue-skinned figures. Tall peacock feather crowns adorn their heads. Vibrant colors are defined by thin outlines.

Leaf from a Kalighat album: Rama and Sita enthroned (recto); Garuda carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso)

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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