MID-19TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-SIX INDIAN CARVED-WOOD PAINTED FIGURES
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each naturalistically painted and dressed in native costume, mounted in pairs on a painted stand with pencil insciption (sometimes illegible) categorising each pair, minor restorations; in an original purpose-fitted black-painted hardwood box with paper label inscribed '10(?)' in pencil and printed paper fragments from November 1868; with a modern stupa-shaped display panel
Each figure - 8 in. (20 cm.) high
The box - 9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high; 21½ in. (55 cm.) wide; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
The stand - 63 in. (160 cm.) high; 43 in. (110 cm.) wide (36)
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each naturalistically painted and dressed in native costume, mounted in pairs on a painted stand with pencil insciption (sometimes illegible) categorising each pair, minor restorations; in an original purpose-fitted black-painted hardwood box with paper label inscribed '10(?)' in pencil and printed paper fragments from November 1868; with a modern stupa-shaped display panel
Each figure - 8 in. (20 cm.) high
The box - 9¾ in. (24.5 cm.) high; 21½ in. (55 cm.) wide; 17¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
The stand - 63 in. (160 cm.) high; 43 in. (110 cm.) wide (36)
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