- Title:
- Krishna followed by a procession of cowherds blowing horns
- Object name(s):
- Terracotta panel
- Brief description:
- Four sections of a terracotta panel that are held together in a wooden frame. The subject of which is the Hindu god Krishna, who is being followed by a procession of cowherds blowing horns.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Architecture
- Associated concept:
- Hinduism
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Content - concept:
- Hindu
- Content - person:
- Krishna
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2010EA0613/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 18
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 44
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 3
- Object history note:
- Bought from the estate of J.C.French. It is from the temple of Gopinath, Dhulgaon, Jessore District. The temple is dated 1671 Saka era (1749 A.D.) and has been partially destroyed by the River Bhairab.
- Object name:
- Terracotta panel
- Object number:
- IS.23-1955
- Object production date:
- 18th century
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1700-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1800-12-31
- Object production note:
- Dhulgaon, Jessore district, East Bengal. From the Gopinath Temple, dated 1671 Saka (1749 A.D.).
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- Bangladesh
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Four sections of a terracotta panel that are held together in a wooden frame. The subject of which is the Hindu god Krishna, who is being followed by a procession of cowherds blowing horns.
- Reproduction number:
- 2010EA0613
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- Terracotta
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- 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.33
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/94ec8921-e2db-3a9b-91e4-869671be1ff3
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/94ec8921-e2db-3a9b-91e4-869671be1ff3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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