FIVE MICA PAINTINGS OF INDIAN TRADESPEOPLE, CRAFTSMEN, AND VILLAGERS
Possibly Patna or Benares, India, 19th century

FIVE MICA PAINTINGS OF INDIAN TRADESPEOPLE, CRAFTSMEN, AND VILLAGERS
Possibly Patna or Benares, India, 19th century

Comprising five rectangular panels of opaque pigments on mica, each leaf in vertical format, providing a faithful representation of 19th-century Indian society, its traditions, and castes, featuring male villagers in their typical white attires, each accompanied by a handwritten sepia ink caption in English identifying his trade, including a squire, a cook, a dog keeper, a water seller and a butter churner, mounted, glazed, and framed, 61.2cm x 32cm including the frame.

Dimensions: 61.2cm x 32cm including the frame