Shiva Bearing Aloft the Body of His Sati

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Gum tempera, graphite, ink, and tin on paper

Origin

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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• Garuda Carrying Balarama and Krishna (verso), from a Kalighat album
• Hanuman
• Krishna Ferrying Radha Across the Yamuna River (recto)
• Matsya, Fish Avatara of Vishnu
• Vishnu and Lakshmi on Garuda
• Kali Dancing on Shiva (recto), from a Kalighat album
• Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō
  Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812)
• Krishna vanquishing King Bana, from an Usha-Aniruddha

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