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Manjunath Kamath
Vikatonarva2024

Not on view
Tall polychrome sculpture of a standing armored deity figure with a branching headdress, feet planted on small crouching creatures, paint worn to reveal the clay body beneath
Ceramic sculpture, upper portion of a large vessel featuring a central grotesque face with a single eye, surrounded by elaborately modeled branching forms adorned with numerous small human faces, leaves, and curling tendrils; warm terracotta tones with green-glazed foliage details.
Polychrome wood sculpture fragment showing a torso with multiple hands and arms extending outward, with carved scrollwork and decorative drapery in muted terracotta, green, and blue, with cracked and flaking paint surface revealing the underlying wood.
Painted terracotta sculpture, close-up of lower legs and feet of a standing figure, each foot treading on a small crouching demon—one pale green with an open mouth, one dark brown with molded floral detail; traces of original polychrome pigment visible.
Ceramic sculpture, close-up of a tall columnar figure with fragmented terracotta surfaces revealing painted layers in muted pink, green, and gray. A braided or rope-like element runs vertically down the center, flanked by applied sculptural details including draped forms, small vessel shapes, and clusters of human faces and heads crowding the top.
Ceramic sculpture detail with terracotta and green-glazed surfaces; twisted branches and large leaves surround clusters of small molded human faces emerging from the composition, with incised wave patterns on a vessel form at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Manjunath Kamath
Indian, born 1972
Title
Vikatonarva
Date Made
2024
Medium
Coloured Terracotta
Dimensions
138 × 45 × 45 in. (350.52 × 114.3 × 114.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Kelvin and Hana Davis through the 2024 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2024.101a-i
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art