- Title:
- Brass sectarian stamp ('Chhapa')
- Object name(s):
- Stamp
- Brief description:
- The rectangular brass stamp ('chhapa') is inscribed in Bengali script (not reversed): 'Shri Shri Radha Krishna' and is used by the Vaishnavites, particularly devotees of Chaitanya to imprint their bodies with devine names or attributes. A dilute paste of sandalwood or a type of chalky clay ('Gopichandan') is applied on the stamp for imprinting.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- India Museum
- Content - concept:
- Hinduism
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AF3962/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.4
- Inscription content:
- 'Shri Shri Radha Krishna' in Bengali script.
- Inscription interpretation:
- Divine names for imprinting on one's body.
- Material:
- Brass
- Object name:
- Stamp
- Object number:
- 04614B/(IS)
- Object production date:
- ca.1860s
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1855-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1873-12-31
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Object production place:
- Nadia
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- The rectangular brass stamp ('chhapa') is inscribed in Bengali script (not reversed): 'Shri Shri Radha Krishna' and is used by the Vaishnavites, particularly devotees of Chaitanya to imprint their bodies with devine names or attributes. A dilute paste of sandalwood or a type of chalky clay ('Gopichandan') is applied on the stamp for imprinting.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AF3962
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- casting
- Technique:
- Cast brass
- 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.62
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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