India Or China For The Indian Market, 19Th Century

Five Reverse Glass Paintings

Found at Christies, London
Arts of India, Lot 168
12. Jun - 12. Jun 2014
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.625 GBP
FIVE REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS
INDIA OR CHINA FOR THE INDIAN MARKET, 19TH CENTURY
Oil on glass, two with bust portraits of Indian nobles each wearing elegant jewels and turbans and with identification inscriptions beneath, one with a turbaned figure sitting on a terrace, a falcon perched on one arm, the others with enthronement scenes in which the principle enthroned figure is surrounded by courtiers or attendants, all in heavy wood frames with gilt edging
Paintings 19¾ x 13¾in. (27.4 x 35cm.); framed 23 x 17in. (58.4 x 43.2cm.)