calling-card-case
- Museum number
- 2011,3014.8
- Description
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Calling card case decorated on side one with: Krishna and gopis and on side two with Murugan on a peacock. Single flowering motif with a central rose bloom on the hinged lid. Blank shield on the Murugan face.
- Production date
- 1880 (or later)
- Dimensions
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Height: 10 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- For close compariso, see 'Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj.' Dehejia, Vidya. Mapin, 2008, cat.3, p.73.
For general discussion of calling cards, see pages 71-81 of the same volume.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2011,3014.8
