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Plaque with Standing Yakshi
India (West Bengal)
1st century BCE
Darjeeling. Numbered on spine: XIL Darjeeling
19th century
Goddess Matangi
Sasadhar Banarjee
ca. 1875–85
Head of a Goddess with Weapons in her Hair
India (West Bengal, Chandraketugarh)
1st century BCE–1st century CE
The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript
Mahavihara Master
early 12th century
Shri Sheshanarayana
West Bengal, Calcutta
1880–85
Shiva Carries the Corpse of Sati
India (West Bengal, Calcutta, Khalighat)
ca. 1865–75
The goddesses Kali and Jagadhatri
Sri Hemchandra Das
ca. 1850–70
Decorative End Panel (anchla) of a Baluchari Sari
India (Baluchar, Murshidabad, Bengal)
19th century
Goddess Jagadhatri
Krishnahari Das
ca. 1880
Goddesses Bhuvanesvari and Bagala
West Bengal, Calcutta
1885–95
Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert
Becharam Das Dutta
August 26, 1856
Ganesha
West Bengal, Calcutta
1878–1883
Shri Shri Jagannatha (Krishna as the Lord of the World)
India, West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1890
Male Papaya Tree
ca. 1790–1800
Hanuman carrying Rama and Lakshmana on his two shoulders
Unidentified artist
ca. 1870s
Goddess Matangi
West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1880–85
Goddess Jagadhatri
West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1870–80
Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi
India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal
1st century BCE
Goddess Tara
West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1880–85
Durga, Mahishasuramardini
Krishna Chandra
1850–70
Goddess Laksmi
West Bengal, Calcutta
1878–1883
Shri Shri Durga
India, West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1885–95
Sanehi Ragini: Folio from a Ragamala Series
Devidasa of Nurpur
ca. 1690
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit)
India (West Bengal,Chandraketugarh)
1st century BCE
Janmastami celebrating the birth of Krishna
Calcutta Art Studio
ca. 1878–83
Cactus Plant in Flower
ca. 1800
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Dispensing Boons: Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript
Mahavihara Master
early 12th century
Savitri
India, West Bengal, Calcutta
ca. 1885–90
Kurukulla Dancing in Her Mountain Grotto: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
Mahavihara Master
early 12th century
Dhumavati
India, Calcutta
1875–80
Jagat Mata Go-Laxmi (World Mother Cow of Good Fortune)
India, Calcutta, West Bengal
1885
A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos
Frans Balthazar Solvyns
1799
Nala Damayanti
West Bengal, Calcutta
1878–1882
Bhairavi Ragini: A Woman and a Bull
India, Basohli or Nurpur
ca. 1680
Sri Sri Kali (recto); Kali (verso)
G. C. Dass
ca. 1880–85 (recto); ca. 1875–85 (verso)
Goddess Bhairavi
Shib Gobin Lal
ca. 1870–80
The Sun God Surya(?) in His Chariot with Wives and Attendants
India (West Bengal),
2nd–1st century BCE
Bijaya
West Bengal, Calcutta
1878–1883
An Orange-Headed Ground Thrush and a Death's-Head Moth on a Purple Ebony Orchid Branch
Shaikh Zain al–Din
dated 1778