Painting

Description

Kalighat painting, depicting a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana, watercolour on mill made paper: India, Kolkata, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1912.291.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Painting, Kalighat

Production information

Kolkata, India, South Asia

Date

19th century

Materials

Paper, Watercolour

Physical description

Paper, watercolour

Associations

Depicted: Ramayana

Exhibitions

• Inspired by Nature (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Jain, Jyotindra, Kalighat Painting: Images from a changing world, Ahmedabad, 1999, pp. 54 - 56. figs. 41 - 42 for similar depictions of this scene