EARLY 20TH CENTURY KALIGHAT PAINTING GODDESS KALI
EARLY 20TH CENTURY KALIGHAT PAINTING
GODDESS KALI
THIS EARLY 20TH-CENTURY KALIGHAT PAINTING DEPICTS GODDESS KALI IN HER ICONIC FORM, REPRESENTING DIVINE POWER, DESTRUCTION, AND REGENERATION. CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD OUTLINES, VIBRANT COLORS, AND EXPRESSIVE FEATURES, THIS PIECE EXEMPLIFIES THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF THE KALIGHAT SCHOOL, WHICH ORIGINATED IN KOLKATA NEAR THE KALIGHAT TEMPLE.
CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS FOR DEVOTIONAL PURPOSES, KALIGHAT PAINTINGS WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR SIMPLIFIED YET STRIKING AESTHETIC, MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE TO PILGRIMS AND ART COLLECTORS ALIKE. THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY KALIGHAT ART REFLECTS THE ENDURING SPIRITUAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF BENGAL.
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EARLY 20TH CENTURY KALIGHAT PAINTING
GODDESS KALI
THIS EARLY 20TH-CENTURY KALIGHAT PAINTING DEPICTS GODDESS KALI IN HER ICONIC FORM, REPRESENTING DIVINE POWER, DESTRUCTION, AND REGENERATION. CHARACTERIZED BY BOLD OUTLINES, VIBRANT COLORS, AND EXPRESSIVE FEATURES, THIS PIECE EXEMPLIFIES THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF THE KALIGHAT SCHOOL, WHICH ORIGINATED IN KOLKATA NEAR THE KALIGHAT TEMPLE.
CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS FOR DEVOTIONAL PURPOSES, KALIGHAT PAINTINGS WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR SIMPLIFIED YET STRIKING AESTHETIC, MAKING THEM ACCESSIBLE TO PILGRIMS AND ART COLLECTORS ALIKE. THIS FINE EXAMPLE OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY KALIGHAT ART REFLECTS THE ENDURING SPIRITUAL AND ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF BENGAL.
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30% up to
£100,000.00
25% up to
£1,000,000.00
20% above
£1,000,000.00
