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SOUTH INDIA, PROBABLY PONDICHERRY, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
Three Company School paintings: Easter Sunday near Notre-Dame-des-Anges in Pondicherry, the Feast of the Assumption and a nobleman in a palanquin
South India, probably Pondicherry, mid-19th century
The procession carries a statue of Christ, the church and a wooden tower in the background, the lower edge inscribed "Résurrection du Christ, le dimanche de Paques" and inscribed "35" in the lower left-hand corner; the procession celebrates the Assumption and carries statues of the Virgin Mary in portable shrines, the lower edge inscribed "Fête chretienne d'asiancoupon (?), procession de la vierge, giroles entourés de fleurs " and inscribed "36" in the lower left-hand corner; the palanquin drawn by bullocks, a scarce landscape with hilltops and palm trees in the background, the lower edge inscribed "Gound Bandi - Autre voiture Malabar" and inscribed "106" in the lower left-hand corner
Watercolour on paper
9¾ x 17 1/8 in. (24 x 43.5 cm.)
10¼ x 17 7/8 in. (26 x 45.5 cm.)
10¼ x 17 7/8 in. (26 x 45.5 cm.) (3)
South India, probably Pondicherry, mid-19th century
The procession carries a statue of Christ, the church and a wooden tower in the background, the lower edge inscribed "Résurrection du Christ, le dimanche de Paques" and inscribed "35" in the lower left-hand corner; the procession celebrates the Assumption and carries statues of the Virgin Mary in portable shrines, the lower edge inscribed "Fête chretienne d'asiancoupon (?), procession de la vierge, giroles entourés de fleurs " and inscribed "36" in the lower left-hand corner; the palanquin drawn by bullocks, a scarce landscape with hilltops and palm trees in the background, the lower edge inscribed "Gound Bandi - Autre voiture Malabar" and inscribed "106" in the lower left-hand corner
Watercolour on paper
9¾ x 17 1/8 in. (24 x 43.5 cm.)
10¼ x 17 7/8 in. (26 x 45.5 cm.)
10¼ x 17 7/8 in. (26 x 45.5 cm.) (3)
Provenance
Antoine Poli, a Lieutenant in the Gendarmerie Française, stationed in Pondicherry for four years in the early 1920s, thence by descent
Private collection, London, acquired at Bonhams London, 19 April 2007, lots 332, 333, and 334
Private collection, London, acquired at Bonhams London, 19 April 2007, lots 332, 333, and 334