- Title:
- Lakshmi-sara (Ritual pot-cover)
- Object name(s):
- Plaque
- Brief description:
- This Lakshmi-sara depicts goddess Durga on a lion as her vehicle, destroying Mahishashura, the buffalo demon. Above the arcade is Shiva on a bull, his vehicle. Durga is surrounded by four attendants and below her is a female figure holding a plantain leaf and a sheaf of rice, representing the harvest.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Folk Art
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Content - concept:
- Hinduism
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EA5542/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 29.1
- Material:
- Terracotta
- Material:
- paint
- Object history note:
- A gift received from Mr J.C. Irwin.
- Object name:
- Plaque
- Object number:
- IS.102-1952
- Object production date:
- ca. 1943
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1938-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1947-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Dhaka (national division)
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- This Lakshmi-sara depicts goddess Durga on a lion as her vehicle, destroying Mahishashura, the buffalo demon. Above the arcade is Shiva on a bull, his vehicle. Durga is surrounded by four attendants and below her is a female figure holding a plantain leaf and a sheaf of rice, representing the harvest.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EA5542
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- fired
- Technique:
- Painted terracotta
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Ashton, Sir Leigh. The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.83
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.61
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/76ccf647-1c6a-3ec5-af6e-6059623b45b1
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/76ccf647-1c6a-3ec5-af6e-6059623b45b1, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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