13th Jul, 2022 13:00

A Middle Eastern Journey

 
  Lot 520
 

THREE PORTRAITS OF INDIAN VILLAGERS
Company School, possibly Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, and Delhi, Northern India, late 19th - early 20th century

THREE PORTRAITS OF INDIAN VILLAGERS
Company School, possibly Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, and Delhi, Northern India, late 19th - early 20th century

Opaque pigments, ink and pencil on paper, comprising a sun-tanned farmer watering the dry soil in a crop; a local woman clad in a thin white muslin sari carrying a water vessel (lota) back to the village; and another female villager spinning silk threads around wooden sticks; each character absorbed by their daily chores and wearing traditional clothing, the largest watercolour 28cm x 19cm.

Sold for £812

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