Ensemble de quatorze scènes Company School India, late 19th century Composed of 10 round and 2 oval scenes, painted in gouache on bone plate. Round scenes: musicians; hunting on elephant back; rick shaw drawn by two bovids; elephant in a palace courtyard accompanied by two men; review of troops on elephant back; funeral procession; man with a canopy; religious procession; wedding procession (?); five riflemen commanded by a captain; equestrian portrait of a Sikh sovereign (?); funeral procession with a water carrier. Oval scenes: procession of men carrying two important figures under a canopy; procession including a mounted dromedary preceded by standard-bearers ('alam). D. 10.5 cm ( D. 1.5 cm to 3 cm) A set of fourteen Company School scenes, opaque pigments on bone, India, 19th century

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