SEVEN MICA PAINTINGS OF HINDU DEITIES AND PEOPLE OF INDIA
Patna, North-Eastern India and Tiruchirappalli (Trichinopoly), Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th century
Opaque pigments on mica, comprising two vertical compositions featuring Hindu deities like Rama on Hanuman's back and Skanda, the god of War, and one of Shiva's sons, on a lotus pedestal, the latter framed; four horizontal compositions focusing on different means of transportation and forms of travelling, featuring a rider, an ox-pulled cart, and two palanquins carried by footmen, two scenes framed; and a standing portrait of a South Indian man wearing a typical large yellow turban; four paintings on white cardboard mounts, the largest 13.5cm x 18cm, and the remaining three mounted, glazed, and framed, the largest 26.5cm x 32.3cm including the fram
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