POSSIBLY GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED AND IVORY-INLAID STRINGED INSTRUMENT (TAMBURI)
POSSIBLY GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The gadrooned gourd shaped body with polychrome painted decoration depicting various Hindu deities and epic figures including Krishna, Sita and Rama, the inlaid decoration consisting of a continuous foliated scroll between two registers of palmettes and recurring stylised quatrefoils carved from the foot to the neck, the pegbox with three wooden pegs, on stand
41in.(104cm.) long

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Lot Essay

A similar Tamburi sold at Christie's, The Saeed Motamed Collection, 7 October 2013, lot 301. Another with similar decoration and attributed to 19th century Gwalior is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.238-1922, Robert Skelton, The Indian Heritage. Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, London, 1982, cat. 565, p.165.

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