TWELVE MICA PAINTINGS WITH TRADITIONAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION
Possibly Patna or Benares, India, 19th century

Opaque pigments on mica, comprising ten leaves in horizontal format, and two leaves in vertical format, each panel acting as a fresco of 19th-century Indian society by depicting the local traditional means of transportation including a palanquin on an elephant's back, litters carried by footmen, and horse and ox-pulled carriages, each mica leaf slightly different in size, the largest 14.8cm x 20.8cm.