Ephemera Collection Index The Raja of Tanjore with his Rani » Previous Next » Trichinopoly, South India Pith, Under a Glass Dome 23 x 8 x 34 cms 1850 At Trichinopoly very elaborate and accurate models were made using the pith of the sola, Aeschynomene aspera, an Indian swamp plant.The Madras Museum posses a pith model of the Raja of Tanjore at his Darbar.