Lot 406
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Jagaddhatri Kalighat School, 19th Century
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Jagaddhatri Kalighat School, 19th Century

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Jagaddhatri
Kalighat School, 19th Century
watercolour and body colour on paper, depicting the four armed deity seated upon a mythical beast which stands upon a recumbent elephant -- 21 x 20.5cm; and Sarasvati depicted standing on a lotus flower holding an attribute, flanked by flowering lotus tendrils -- 19.5 x 21.5cm. (minor creases and rubbing).
See Illustration for One (2)
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Lot Essay

From the same collection as the Kalighat's sold at Christie's, 5 October 1999, Lots 1 - 9.

For a similar painting of Jagaddhatri see J. Jain, Kalighat Painting: Images from a Changing World, Chidambaram, 1999, pl. 172.

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