A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF THE HINDU GODDESS KALI
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, Eastern India, 20th century

Opaque pigments on wove paper, the small vertical-format composition depicting a standardised and typical representation of Kali's idol (murti) installed in the Kalighat Temple in Kolkata, around which the Kalighat School of painting developed in the 19th century, the reverse plain, 16.8cm x 11.8cm.

Dimensions: 16.8cm x 11.8cm