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LOT 1616
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 x 11 in. (900 grams, 41 x 28 cm).
A manuscript leaf with a watercolour scene showing figures in an opulent courtyard, a man seated against a large cushion massaging one woman's foot, another offering him a drink from a small cup, two further women seated nearby, river meandering through a hilly landscape beyond, text above and below, flowers in the 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 1616
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Indus Valley Painted Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £102
A ceramic vessel of carinated form with waisted upper body, everted rim and shallow foot, decorated with painted polychrome frieze composed of a medial band of concentric and conjoined circles against a field of vertical striations, framed above and below by circumferential tracks with coloured fill. 300 grams, 14.7 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery. David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. -
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A watercolour painting showing engagement scene with a seated couple accompanied by female musicians on a pavilion, one playing a sitar, the other what is possibly a dholika drum, trees beyond, panel of text above, birds to the border; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 622 grams, 32 x 23.2 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Indian Portrait of Sikh Nobleman
Late 19th-mid 20th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
A hand-painted portrait of a Sikh nobleman wearing a dastar with decorated border, copious white beard combed to the sides, red mantle and green robe with swags of pearls and highly ornate decoration, standing before a courtyard wall with trees behind; within an ovoid panel on a dense floral field within a border. 92 grams, 33 x 23.5 cm
Fine condition.
Personal collection of Harmadar Singh Thind; thence by descent. Private family collection of a West London gentleman.
