Indian Company School Caparisoned Elephant with Howdah
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An original Indian Company School gouache painting c.1850 – Caparisoned Elephant with Howdah.
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.
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. Various patches of paint loss as shown. Any marks to the clear mica in our backlit photo are more pronounced than in reality; condition is good with no cracks and minimal delamination. Please see photos for detail.
