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LOT 1638
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (598 grams, 30.3 x 22 cm).
A courtyard scene composed of a couple embracing, the woman reluctant to accept the contents of the cup the man is offering her, landscape of hills and water beyond; text above and below, gold-coloured borders framing the whole; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1638
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
A watercolour painting showing figures in an architectural setting, one couple in an intimate embrace in an upper room, a woman walking towards an attendant in a courtyard, carrying a pipe, a man emerging from a doorway; floral border; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 39.5 x 30.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Indus Valley Votive Bull Pair
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
A terracotta model of two zebu bulls standing side-by-side on a rectangular base, with painted strip detailing; repaired. 468 grams, 11.5 cm wide
Repaired
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. -
Indian Goddess Statuette
15th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A bronze statuette modelled in the round on on a tiered rectangular base, portraying a semi-naked goddess seated on a lotus flower, wearing a conical crown and a garment around her waist, ornamental collar around her neck, hands held in a mudra, geometric motifs to each tier of the base; decorated discoid lug to rear of the head; collector's label to base reading 'my opinion of date is 14th century'. 182 grams, 77 mm high
Acquired from Ken and Sally Guest, 2007. UK private collection.