painting
- Museum number
- 2003,0224,0.38
- Description
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Gouache painting on mica of labourers at work in a field. A group of six men and two oxen reap and harvest a field of corn. Some are winnowing, whillst other are cutting and threshing.
- Production date
- 19thC(mid)
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.50 centimetres
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Width: 18 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This painting is part of an album of forty-one paintings (2003. 2-24. 0.1-41), each one on mica. The complete sequence includes servants, transport, occupations and festivals and it was probably painted for European patron.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from a Sale at Christie's, South Kensington on Friday October 18th 2002. Lot 279.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2003,0224,0.38
