Vintage Chandrapeed Kadambari Anant Shivaji Desai Moti Bazaar, Bombay Ravi Varma Press, Karla-Lonavla

The Ravi Varma Press was among India's most influential early colour-printing establishments and became renowned for making mythological, literary and historical imagery widely accessible through chromolithographs and oleographs. �

Impart

With its unusual secular-romantic subject, strong surviving colours and clearly preserved publishing details, this work makes an excellent addition to a collection of Ravi Varma Press prints, early Indian lithographs and classical Indian literary imagery.

Title: Chandrapeed Kadambari

Registered No.: 413

Press: Ravi Varma Press

Press Location: Karla-Lonavla

Distributor: Anant Shivaji Desai, Moti Bazaar, Bombay

Medium: Vintage Colour Oleograph / Lithographic Print

Size: Approx. 10 × 14 Inches

Period: Early 20th Century

Origin: India

Presentation: Vintage framed as shown

Condition

Presented in genuine vintage condition with natural age-related toning, minor surface marks, light staining and signs of wear consistent with age. The principal printed image remains remarkably clean and the colours retain excellent depth.

The decorative wooden frame shows substantial age-related wear, including chips, cracks, missing decorative sections and old repairs/tape visible along the edges. These imperfections are clearly shown in the photographs and form part of the object's genuine vintage character. Please examine all images carefully before purchase.