17 - Company School (19th century) Four studies of Hindu deities, watercolours over pencil, pen and ink, on thin laid papers with watermarks of coats of arms with initials 'GM', each inscribed in ink, each sheet approx. 430 x 315 mm (16 7/8 x 12 3/8 in), marginal nicks and tears, handling creases, some minor surface dirt, scattered spotting, unframed, [circa 1800-1830] (4)

Company School (19th century) Four studies of Hindu deities, watercolours over pencil, pen and ink, on thin laid papers with watermarks of coats of arms with initials 'GM', each inscribed in ink, each sheet approx. 430 x 315 mm (16 7/8 x 12 3/8 in), marginal nicks and tears, handling creases, some minor surface dirt, scattered spotting, unframed, [circa 1800-1830] (4) Provenance: Private collection, UK (acquired in UK art market c.1970s) *** Possibly of Sri Lankan origin. Inscriptions read: 'Maha Brahma, having an Iron pin in his right hand and a book in the left'; Canda coomara one of the Guardian Gods of Ceylon; Drata Rashta one of the Guardian Deities [Ceylon] Dambediwa; Winooda one of the Guardian Deities of Damba Diwa.