AN INDIAN BLACKSMITH IN HIS WORKSHOP AN EYE FOR... Lot 47

AN INDIAN BLACKSMITH IN HIS WORKSHOP AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Possibly Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 19th century Opaque pigments and ink heightened with gold on wove paper, comprising a vertical-format composition portraying a busy blacksmith in his workshop, surrounded by his working tools and a small fire pit, currently hammering into shape the barrel of a long rifle, several more rifles resting on the wall in front of him, accompanied by 9ll. of black ink Devanagari script on the lower portion of the paper, 27.3cm x 21.5cm; and a small portrait of an Indian villager, possibly a snake charmer, playing the flute in front of a reed basket, wearing an unusual red-speckled pink-dyed conical hat, set within black rules and red borders, the reverse with 4ll. of black and red ink Devanagari script, 11.3cm x 7.4cm.