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Catalogue
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Autumn Exhibition 2021
London | 18th October - 27th November 2021With both objects and paintings this exhibition shows works from the early 17th century through to the 19th century. Our online catalogue for this exhibition proposes a small but diverse group of works showing the expertise of the many craftsmen that made them. We welcome visitors to our gallery to view these works, or to contact us for more detailed information. Our online catalogue can be dowloaded through the link above.
Below image is catalogue 2, the Carved Ivory box
Srik Lanka, Kandy, early 17th century, H 13 cm, Dia, 9.5 cm
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Double-sided palm leaf folio
Orissa, 18th/19th centuryOpaque pigments on palm leaf
4.5 × 35.5 cm
This refined folio depicts a series of scenes describing the vicissitudes of love on one side, while on the other, a series of charming vignettes illustrate the domestic tasks of palace servants. Palm leaves were used throughout southern India and Orissa as the normal material for writing manuscripts until well into the 19th century. Only in Orissa however did a late school of illustrating then develop. Text and drawings were incised onto the leaves and inked, by having ink smeared over the leaves and the surplus wiped off. Colour was then applied very sparingly. This is a beautiful and elegant example of the style and for similar manuscripts from Orissa, see Losty 1980; Pathy 1990; and Fischer and Pathy 1980. -
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Three groups of rare 18th century hybrid small-swords
Whilst much focus has been given to Indian paintings and textiles made for British patronage, other areas of the decorative arts, produced in India for this clientele, have received less attention. An intriguing group of objects, which warrant further study, is this rare corpus of small-swords, which combine Indian manufactured hilts with European blades.
To view an entire group of these small swords please click here
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