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Keywords: Saraswati (6124605831).jpg en Series Title Kalighat Album Suite Name Kalighat Album Creation Date ca 1880 Creation Place/Subject India State-Province West Bengal Court Kalighat School Kalighat Media Support Watercolor on paper Display Dimensions 17 7/8 in x 10 21/32 in 45 4 cm x 27 1 cm Credit Line Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number 1990 1450 Collection <a href http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art rel nofollow >The San Diego Museum of Art</a> Label Copy VISIONS OF THE GREAT GODDESS September 2004 Kalighat paintings were a bold new phenomenon They might have sold for the price of a cent and were picked up casually by pilgrims walking through the bazaars in which they were made but they were inventive and audacious and spanned the distance between time-honored themes and contemporary happenings with astonishing ease These two images display all of the freshness and charm typical of this school and also portray two aspects of Devi with all of their necessary attributes The figure of Saraswati goddess of speech music and learning is identifiable by her lute-like instrument a vina with which she is often depicted Ganga's iconography is simplified in this rendering but conveys all the essential characteristics present in the adjacent image from the Punjab Hills It is interesting to compare both portraits of the river goddess which would have been destined for very different patrons 2011-09-06 14 31 45 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/6124605831/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Files from the San Diego Museum of Art to be checked
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