Indian Company School Mid-19th-century Gouache Mica Painting c.1850 – A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier
Indian Company School Mid-19th-century Gouache Mica Painting c.1850 – A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier
Indian Company School Mid-19th-century Gouache Mica Painting c.1850 – A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier
Indian Company School Mid-19th-century Gouache Mica Painting c.1850 – A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier

Indian Company School A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier

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An original Indian Company School gouache painting c.1850 – A Cauvery, Holy Water Carrier.

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.

+ Artwork Details

Dimensions: Height: 11.4cm (4.49") Width: 16.2cm (6.38")

Medium: Gouache

Age: Mid-19th-century

Inscribed: No.

Condition: Colours are vivid and strong. Tiny paint loss to the left edge. Any marks to the clear mica in our backlit photo are more pronounced than in reality; condition is good with no cracking and minimal delamination. Please see photos for detail.

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