- Title:
- Teracotta male figure
- Object name(s):
- Figure
- Brief description:
- Hand-modelled terracotta male figure with pinched features, painted red and black on a white mica ground. Generally crafted by a 'Kumbhakar' (potter) or his wife and children, this type of figure is sold in a 'mela' (village fair) and used as a doll.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Ceramics
- Associated concept:
- Folk Art
- Associated concept:
- Religion
- Credit line:
- Given by J.C. Irwin
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2016JE1755/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.6
- Material:
- Terracotta
- Material:
- paint
- Object name:
- Figure
- Object number:
- IS.104-1952
- Object production date:
- 1944
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1944-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1944-12-31
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Object production place:
- Murshidabad (district)
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Hand-modelled terracotta male figure with pinched features, painted red and black on a white mica ground. Generally crafted by a 'Kumbhakar' (potter) or his wife and children, this type of figure is sold in a 'mela' (village fair) and used as a doll.
- Reproduction number:
- 2016JE1755
- Reproduction number:
- 2016JE1756
- Reproduction number:
- 2016JE1761
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AF3964
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- fired
- Technique:
- Painted 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.) :
- Reference:
- Sinha, Suhashini, and Panda, C, eds. Kalighat Paintings from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2012. ISBN 1851776656.
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.59
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.35 fig. 4.2
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b593a132-f41a-3ea4-b666-ed39a4865a33
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b593a132-f41a-3ea4-b666-ed39a4865a33, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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