Bird Painting from India on Mica
- Used
- Condition
- Very good overall
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
1845. Very good overall. Reverse painting on mica of a distinctive brown and yellow bird perched on a bough, a landscape with pond in the background.
"Mica is a transparent mineral composed of complex mixtures of potassium silicates and often used in the mid-19th century by Indian artists, typically in standard sets for the colonial tourist market. Mica is formed between strata of granite and the transparency of the material is a result of the heat and pressure created between the layers of rock during formation. Mica consists of many interlocking platelets, resulting in a laminar structure which can be split easily into thin sheets. Mica presents many problems as a support for painting on due to the smooth surface as this provides very little key for the paint to adhere to. Popular subject matter included Hindu gods and goddesses, religious events, trades-people and flora and fauna of the sub-continent." (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Approx 4 1/2 by 6 1/2. Mica painting inserted at corners onto paper. Slight chipping to tree trunk at lower right.
"Mica is a transparent mineral composed of complex mixtures of potassium silicates and often used in the mid-19th century by Indian artists, typically in standard sets for the colonial tourist market. Mica is formed between strata of granite and the transparency of the material is a result of the heat and pressure created between the layers of rock during formation. Mica consists of many interlocking platelets, resulting in a laminar structure which can be split easily into thin sheets. Mica presents many problems as a support for painting on due to the smooth surface as this provides very little key for the paint to adhere to. Popular subject matter included Hindu gods and goddesses, religious events, trades-people and flora and fauna of the sub-continent." (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Approx 4 1/2 by 6 1/2. Mica painting inserted at corners onto paper. Slight chipping to tree trunk at lower right.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24463
- Title
- Bird Painting from India on Mica
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good overall
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1845
- Bookseller catalogs
- INDIA; BOTANICAL; NATURAL HISTORY;
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Biblio member since 2009
Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...