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LOT 1630
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 1/2 x 12 in. (1 kg, 39.5 x 30.5 cm).
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.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 1630
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 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. 598 grams, 30.3 x 22 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Mehrgarh Bichrome Cup
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £102
A squat ceramic cup with painted frieze below the rim of hatched and geometric panels. 132 grams, 11.3 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s. From the Martin Schoyen collection of artefacts from the Indus Valley culture, 1990s. -
Indian Sikh School Painting of Maharaja Ranjit Singh with Hira Singh
Late 20th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A Sikh School watercolour painting on card of Maharaja Ranjit Singh with Hira Singh in conversation in a courtyard, seated on opulent chairs, a river and hilly landscape beyond, surrounded by a floral border. 52 grams, 37.3 x 27.5 cm
Very fine condition.
Personal collection of Harmadar Singh Thind; thence by descent. From the private family collection of a West London gentleman.
