Lot Essay
Two other depictions of the same subject can be found in WG Archer, Kalighat Paintings, London, 1971, plates 13 and 45.
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KALIGHAT, BENGAL, 19TH CENTURY
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KALI TRAMPLING SHIVA
KALIGHAT, BENGAL, 19TH CENTURY
Watercolour heightened with silver on paper, the fearsome Goddess Kali stands on a reclining Shiva with a crow picking at the severed head of a victim, mounted
17 x 11in. (43.2 x 27.8cm.)
KALIGHAT, BENGAL, 19TH CENTURY
Watercolour heightened with silver on paper, the fearsome Goddess Kali stands on a reclining Shiva with a crow picking at the severed head of a victim, mounted
17 x 11in. (43.2 x 27.8cm.)