GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED AND IVORY-INLAID STRINGED INSTRUMENT (TAMBURI)
GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The body painted with Ganesh flanked by peacocks above Rama and Sita enthroned, the lower register painted by two cows, the reverse showing Rada and Krishna amidst floral sprays and surrounded by attendants, brahmin and other gods, the handle with further figural motifs and foliated scrolling garland
38¼in. (97cm.) long

Provenance

Christie's, 10 March (?) 1987, lot 116

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Lot Essay

Another tamburi 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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