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India / South Asia Collection

Accession Nr.: 62.520.8
Type: painting
Date of production:
19th c.
Colonial period
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: mica, tempera
Dimensions: height: 10 cm
width: 7.7 cm
A painting made on mica glass in Company Style popular in the colonial era. To satisfy the curio-collecting passion of the tourists of the time, the school depicted characteristics of Indian life: occupations, ethnic groups, Indian animals and plants.