Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Calcutta

Date: 1952 CE

Subject: Siva and his Family; Siva's consort is Parvati. Ganesh (Ganesha), the elephant-headed god, is the son of Parvati.

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Subject: Mother and Child. Ter is the modern name for ancient Tagara or Tagar.

Site Name: Calcutta (Behala)

Date: 1700-1799 CE

Subject: Ganesa, dancing

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Subject: Park St Cemetery, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

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Subject: Park St Cemetery, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

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Subject: P.C.Laha (Law) House, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

Site Name: Jubbal

Date: 1951 CE

Subject: The Calcutta Phototype Co. [Talbana or Process Fee Stamped Paper]

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Subject: P.C.Laha House, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

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Subject: Garden Statue belonging to Maharja Tagore, now at Tagore House on KK Tagore St Tagore House, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

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Subject: Jain Temple, Calcutta (Calcutta Houses)

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Date: ca 1500 -1599 CE

Subject: The Asutosh Museum, Calcutta and the Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Munich each own one leg of this throne. The fourth leg was formerly in the Pan-Asian Collection. Though these ivory sculptures are undoubtedly of Orissan origin, some have noted parallels in the Vijayanagar style and others have compared them to the rearing horses in the Srirangam Temple in Tamil Nadu. Reproductions of the companion throne legs are published in the following: M. Chandra, "Ancient Indian Ivories" Bulletin of the Prince of Wales Museum 6, 1957-9, Plates 14a-b, 15a; C. Mallebrein, Skulpturen aus Indien: Bedeutung und Form , Munich: Staatliches Museum Fur Volkerkunde, #131; P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, Los Angeles: L.A. County Museum of Art, 1977, Fig. 63A [Ivory Royal Throne Leg: Equestrian Scene]