Indian Reverse Glass Painting of Queen Charlotte - 18th Century Bucket This piece would have come

This piece would have come from the border area of Mongolia and Shanxi Province

Their faces are delicately carved with remnants of layers of paint applied over many generations

but occasionally rectangular

and other local wildlife—each rendered in an elegantly minimal silhouette

The wax model melts leaving an empty clay mould

Indian Reverse Glass Painting of Queen Charlotte - 18th Century Bucket This piece would have comeThis provincial Indian reverse glass portrait of Queen Charlotte dates to the 18th century. This painting would have been painted for patriotic British residents of The Deccan or Gujarat areas seeking British products in an exotic land. During the 18th and 19th century, traveling Chinese reverse glass painters were commissioned to create Chinese 'back paintings'. Payment would often be in the form of teas, spices and silks. This portrait is still in