Indian Company School Lady in a Tonjon
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An original Indian Company School gouache painting c.1850 – Lady in a Tonjon.
A fantastically vivid Indian gouache painting on transparent mica, produced in South India at Trichinopoly or Tanjore around 1850.
This painting forms part of a superb set of mica paintings housed within their original paper album. The collection comprises particularly fine, detailed and varied scenes, including ceremonies and festivities, travel by carriage and palanquin, trades and occupations.
Indian Company paintings on mica are rare; it is estimated that as of now, there are only around 7,000 mica paintings available in the world.
The mica is loosely mounted to the album backing paper with corner slits rather than adhesive, so it can be completely removed.
Inscribed below in English giving the title: 'Lady in Tonjon'.
Dimensions: Height: 11.4cm (4.49") Width: 16.2cm (6.38")
Medium: Gouache
Age: Mid-19th-century
Inscribed: Inscribed below on album page.
Condition: Colours are vivid and strong. Small amount of paint loss to the lower edge. Marks to the clear mica in our backlit photo are more pronounced than in reality; there is a 1cm crack extending from the upper edge and minor delamination marks to the upper left. Please see photos for detail.
