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LOT 1999
Framed Erotic Watercolour Painting
INDIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
22 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (1.7 kg, 58 x 40 cm).
Bearing four columns of script, divided by an erotic watercolour scene composed of a couple engaging in intercourse, set in opulent surrounds; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1999
Framed Erotic Watercolour Painting
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of a slender, decoratively notched round-section hoop, oval bezel adorned with granules and set with a polished carnelian gemstone. 5.77 grams, 25.68 mm overall, 21.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Elizabethan Gold Heraldic 'Swan Family' Signet Ring
16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14,300
Very heavy high-carat merchants ring with oval bezel bearing heraldic helmet and shield design with a chevron below two mullets and an eagle's head at the base; the helmet with luxurious looped mantle and crest of a human bust; to the underside, an incuse panel with reserved swan on a textured field probably a device alluding to the family name. 17.61 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
From a 1990s private collection. Property of a European gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11909-207247.
The arms appear to be a variant of those used by Adam de Cretinge in the Dering Roll of the late 13th century. -
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.26 kg total, 10 x 9 - 9.5 x 10.2 in.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.
