INDIA, KOLKATA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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Two Kalighats of Shiva with Annapurna and Lord Chaitanya
India, Kolkata, early 20th century
One with Annapurna seated on a throne and Shiva standing by her side, with a mother and child on verso; the other with Chaitanya in his divine six-armed form, a line drawing on the verso
Silver, opaque and transparent pigments on paper
18¾ x 11¾ in. (47.7 x 30 cm.), the first
19¼ x 12 in. (49 x 30.5 cm.), the second (2)

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The painting of Lord Chaitanya depicts him in his six-armed form holding the flute in his dark blue arms, invoking Krishna, while his raised light blue arms hold a bow and arrow to represent Lord Rama, and his lowered golden arms hold a staff and water pot, representing Lord Chaitanya's position as a renunciate

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