Indian Company School Picottah for Raising Water
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An original Indian Company School gouache painting c.1850 – Picottah for Raising Water.
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: 'Picottah for raising water'.
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. Some patches of paint loss and flaking in the water area. 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.
