13th Jul, 2022 13:00

A Middle Eastern Journey

 
  Lot 542
 

A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF AN INDIAN MUSICIAN
Kalighat School, Kolkata (Calcutta), Bengal, East India, ca. 1900 - 1920

A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF AN INDIAN MUSICIAN
Kalighat School, Kolkata (Calcutta), Bengal, East India, ca. 1900 - 1920

Opaque pigments, black ink and silver on thin wove paper glued on cardboard, the vertical composition depicting an Indian musician seated on a Western black chair playing a tanpura, a long-necked plucked string instrument originating from India, inscribed at the back with the title Man with an Instrument, the school Kalighat, and the period 1900 AD, 44.7cm x 29.3cm.

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