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Large handcoloured print on early 19th cent watermarked paper. Rasa Lila. 590 x 440 mm. Framed.

Rasa Lila/Juganault of women. Palm leaf manuscript.Orissa. Late 19th / Early 20th cent. 375 x 225 mm. Framed.

18th/19th cent Indian. Man doing pennance by growing his fingernail through his hand. Persian 17th cent mount. 215 x 130 mm. Framed.

Indian drawing. 18th /19th cent. 195 x 90 mm. Pricked for transfer.

4 Indian Company School Paintings. Patna. mid 19th cent. Pencil annotations. 255x 210 mm. Mounted.

Indian Tantric Diagram. Early 20th cent. 470 x 470 mm. Framed.

Indian painting of Vishnu. Jaipur. Late 19th century. Painted en grisaille. 305 x 305 mm. Unframed

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Genuine large Kalighat painting. A Chalchitra is a painted frieze that goes above a statue of Durga during puja. 24 different figures, lions, elephants and horses. Waterbased pigments on newspaper dated 1963. Diameter 170 cm maximum height of scroll 30cm. Currently in 2 pieces, surface scuffed and edges frayed as shown.

Double sided manuscript leaf. Rajasthan, 1776 From a dispersed copy of the Shalibhadra Caupi. The story of Sangam. Composed by Dharma Kumar. Gujarati version. Sirohi manuscript: Sangama herds cattle and the four neighbours bring the ingredients for khir and 3v: Dhanna cooks khir, Sangama gives his food to the monk breaking his fast and Dhanna gives the boy the rest of the food.See p.104 'Steps to Liberation', Jan van Alphen, Antwerp, 2000 11cm high x 26.7 cm wide. Good condition

2 genuine Indian Kalighat paintings. 1860/70. paints and silver on european paper backed onto cloth. 40 x 28 cm. Old inscriptions in ink on reverse. Good condition for age.

Albumen print of Ellora caves taken by Lala Deen Dayal. 1890's. British Library number 430/35(30). Photographers stamp and pencil location on reverse. Strong tonal contrast. 28x20 cm.

India, albumen photograph by unknown photographer 1880's or earlier of the Gold Lily Tank at Madurai. B.L number 807129. 29 x 23 cm. Pencil location on reverse, some fading at top.

Emily Eden 1797-1869. Portraits of the Princes and Peoples of India. Hand coloured lithographs. Plates 10 and 11, London 1844. With letterpress titles on reverse. With related red morocco folder with gold title Hon. E Eden/India. Size 55 x 44 cm

Indian painting. Watercolour on card of a soldier from '3rd 'Skinner's Horse'. In carved brass inlaid frame. Undated, estimated to be c. 1900. Strong color. Signed with initial W in right hand corner.

Indian painting. Water-colour on card of a Pathan tribesman. In a hand carved brass inlaid frame. 37 x 31 cm. undated estimated to be c.1900.

Hon. Emily Eden 1797-1869 hand coloured litho from drawing 1839 Published in Princes and People of India 1844. Trimmed to outline. In old oak frame.

Painting gouache on thick paper. Pahlari Hills mid 19th century. Vishnu and Lakshmi flanked by Garuda and a Brahmin surrounded by others beneath a dome. 30x26 cm. framed under glass.