Hi Lakshya,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.

This biographical blurb on Jamini Roy was taken from AskArt:
"Jamini Roy was born in 1887 into a middle-class family of land-owners at a small village called Chhandar in the District of Bankura in Bengal .
When he was sixteen he was sent to study at the Government School of Art in Calcutta. He was taught to paint in the prevailing academic tradition drawing Classical nudes and painting in oils and in 1908 he received his Diploma in Fine Art.
However, he soon realized that he needed to draw inspiration, not from Western traditions, but from his own culture, and so he looked to the living folk and tribal art for inspiration. He was most influenced by the Kalighat Pat, with its bold sweeping brush-strokes. He moved away from his earlier impressionist landscapes and portraits and between 1921 and 1924 began his first period of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting point.
In 1934, he received a Viceroy's gold medal in an all India exhibition for one of his work. In 1954 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India."

This work, however, has a Meso-American subject and is neither abstract nor a painting but instead appears to be a woodcut print on linen or cloth. It is wholly atypical to his oeuvre; furthermore, the signature may not be original. It has a decorative value.

Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

MesoAmerican School, probably 20th Century
Seated Aztec or Mayan Deity
colored woodblock on cloth
bears possibly spurious signature lower right
24 by 17 inches
CONDITION: Framed, not examined out of the frame.
PROVENANCE: Acquired at a flea market
£ 300-500*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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~ Delia