1760 Antique Pattachitra Krishna Paintings on a Wooden Chest

Pattachitra paintings of Krishna's life - possibly Geet Gobind on an antique wooden chest from Odisha.

Decorated with with a narration of stories from the Krishnayan - the life story of Krishna

Features Krishna & Balaram.

Also features Ganesh.

Ganjam District / Parlakhamundi district inOdisha or Orissa

38cm x 19cm, 29cm high.

Created in an era where images of gods and goddesses were seen in every home in a variety of objects - spiritual or otherwise - to maintain an aura of spiritual purity. May have been used to keep jewels or pouches of coins [no currency notes at that time].

Estimated to to be from the 19th century

Highly saturated colors

Condition is not perfect as can be seen from the photos. Hinges are not strong.

 Rare object - hard to find again

Acquired from a UK dealer. Available for viewing in Singapore.

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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