drawing
- Museum number
- 1939,0311,0.8.9
- Description
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Drawing. Image of the Hindu deity Indra riding his elephant Erawan, Dieng Plateau, central Java. Pencil on paper. Mark. Inscribed. Captioned. Measurements in pencil throughout.
- Production date
- 1815 (October)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.20 centimetres
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Width: 20.50 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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This drawing has the same watermark (& Z) to other drawings in Section 3 of the Raffles exhibition going to the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore (2019), some of which have been attributed to GPB - 1939,0311,0.7.37, 0.8.20, 0.8.41, 0.8.43.
Connected to 0.8.10 - this drawing has No.9 inscribed in pencil, whereas 0.8.10 has No.10 inscribed in pencil.
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It appears that the sculpture represented in this drawing is in the National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh. It was transferred there from the University of Edinburgh. On the drawing it states that the figure was in the Asiatick Museum in Calcutta (Kolkata). How it arrived in Edinburgh is not currently known.
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Associated notes state that the piece is a statue of Indra that occupied one of the roof niches of Sediwo.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019 29 Jan-May, Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Raffles in Southeast Asia
2019-2020 Sept-Jan, Gallery 91, Sir Stamford Raffles
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1939,0311,0.8.9