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A large group of 101 small Kalighat paintings on card, mostly depicting figures and scenes from Hindu mythology Calcutta, late 19th/early 20th Century(101) image 1
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Lot 166

A large group of 101 small Kalighat paintings on card, mostly depicting figures and scenes from Hindu mythology
Calcutta, late 19th/early 20th Century
(101)

11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £13,812.50 inc. premium

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A large group of 101 small Kalighat paintings on card, mostly depicting figures and scenes from Hindu mythology
Calcutta, late 19th/early 20th Century

watercolour with some silver highlights on card, all with Bengali identifying inscriptions in black ink, loose
each 140 x 90 mm. and slightly smaller(101)

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Provenance
Private UK collection: formerly in the possession of the seller's grandmother. Three letters offered with the paintings show that they were sold in 1959 privately for £7. 10 shillings.

This large group, in unusually small, postcard-size format, mostly comprises the familiar Kalighat depictions of Hindu deities and mythological figures. There are also five with 'genre' subjects, including the well-known cat with a fish in its mouth, and a Calcutta courtesan.

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