ID 1178481
Lot 118 | A COMPANY SCHOOL ALBUM OF PAINTINGS OF INDIAN DEITIES
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
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.)
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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