PUNE, BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY

The manufacture of clay figurines representing different trades and occupations ran parallel to the popularity of similar subjects in Company School painting in the 18th and 19th century. Poona in the Bombay Presidency and Krishnanagar in Bengal were the two centres best known for the productions of such figures. The trades depicted (from left to right) include the "tum-tum player", "nautch girl", "banjo player", "Kaumsummer. Madras Butler", "Portuguese writer. Clerk", "Derzee or Tailor", "Dancing Girl", "Dobee or washerman" and "carpenter".