Carved wood figure from Gujarat
unknown (Indian (South Asian))
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Wood Work of Gujarat
Date
1700-1899Description
Overall view; Gujarāt was the chief centre of wood carving in India from at least the 15th century. Even when stone as a building material was handled with great ease and confidence, the people of Gujarāt continued to use wood freely in the construction of temple pavilions and in the richly carved facades, balconies, doors, columns, brackets, and grilled windows of residential buildings. Jaina wooden pavilions of the late 16th and 17th centuries are richly sculptured with scenes from Jaina mythology and contemporary life and with imaginative floral, animal, and geometrical motifs; figural sculpture has a great vivacity and rhythm. Application of a rich red lacquer to the wood was common. Later work of the 18th and 19th centuries is not considered as finely carved, but these began to be preserved. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica [online]; http://www.britannica.com/ (accessed 4/20/2015)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
human figure, music, Jainism, musician, horn
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