Tanjore School, circa 1770-80

A snake-charmer

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Tanjore School, circa 1770-80
A snake-charmer
numbered '43' (lower left)
pen and black ink and watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold and gum arabic, unframed
10.7/8 x 7 in. (27.8 x 19.7 cm.); and a watercolour of two Indian figures, one holding a watch, also Tanjore School (2)

Lot Essay

The present watercolour is a particulalry early example of Tanjore School and can be compared to a set of similar watercolours in the Victoria & Albert Museum (see M. Archer, Company Paintings: Indian Paintings of the British Period, London, 1992, pp. 45-47, pls. 14(9) and 14(23).

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