A COMPANY SCHOOL ALBUM OF PAINTINGS OF INDIAN DEITIES

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£ 6 000
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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 118 | A COMPANY SCHOOL ALBUM OF PAINTINGS OF INDIAN DEITIES
A COMPANY SCHOOL ALBUM OF PAINTINGS OF INDIAN DEITIES

TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY AND LATER

Comprising 41 illustrations of Indian deities, plus four flyleaves, the first group of six illustrations, opaque pigments on plain paper, the second group of twenty-four illustrations, transparent pigments on 'J. Whatman' watermarked paper, within a single black rule, neat English inscriptions identifying each deity, some with identification also in neat black devanagri script, some with short description, the third group of eleven illustrations, black ink and wash on plain paper, some identified in pencil in English, each folio numbered in pencil and mounted into later album by the four corners, interleaving papers, in red morocco

Illustrations each 8 1⁄8 x 6in. (20.5 x 16cm.) approx.; album 9 7⁄8 x 7in. (25 x 18cm.)

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