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Description	Object types painting (scope note \| all objects) Materials mica (all objects) Techniques painted (scope note \| all objects) Production place Painted in Patna (?) (scope note \| all objects) (Asia,South Asia,India,Bihar (state),Patna) Place (findspot) Found/Acquired Patna (?) (scope note \| all objects) (Asia,South Asia,India,Bihar (state),Patna) Date 19thC Schools /Styles Company School (scope note \| all objects) Description Gouache painting on mica of a guard or officer who holds a spear over his right shoulder. He wears wide white trousers under a green tunic. A red sash is tied around his waist and another thinner sash is worn across his chest. The chest sash is adorned with an insignia badge. He wears a red and white turban which also appears to have an insignia on it although this is not identifiable. The spear is decorated with a tassel. There is a light and dark blue striped foreground and the remnants of a draped swag in upper left-hand corner. Inscriptions Inscription Type: inscription Inscription Position: lower border Inscription Language: English Inscription Transliteration: Matihmar Inscription Comment: the inscription is painted on the flooring Dimensions Height: 13.6 centimetres Width: 10 centimetres Curator's comments Compare with 1989,1020,0.2.14 Compare with 1989,1020,0.2.15 This painting comes from a collection of sixteen mica paintings (1989,1020,0.2.1-16) purchased by the museum in 1989. The collection is made up of paintings taken from various different sets of mica paintings showing trades and occupations and transportation. Such sets were mass produced from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century mainly for the European market in India. Subject trade/occupation (scope note \| all objects) arms/armour (scope note \| all objects) Acquisition date 1989 Acquisition name Purchased from Michael Sinclair (biographical details \| all objects)
Date	19^th century date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source	http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=232720&partid=1&searchText=company+school&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=57
Author	Company School

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