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LOT 2706
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
19TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (806 grams, 36 x 28.5 cm).
A watercolour painting depicting a female figure seated against a cushion in a courtyard, a shrine(?) before her, a female attendant approaching; polychrome borders and panel of text above; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2706
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Indian Miniature Framed Watercolour Painting with Courtly Tea Ceremony
Early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Showing a courtly tea-ceremony scene, a female attendant kneeling before a couple seated on a carpet and offering a cup, the male holding a cup in his outstretched hand while having his other arm draped around the shoulder of his female companion; another kneeling female in the foreground holding a tray of fruit, flowers in the foreground and an inscription in the upper left-hand corner; set in a glazed wooden frame. 685 grams, 34.6 x 25.2 cm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Carved Stone Panel of a Horse Attacked by a Large Snake
Kushan Empire, 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Carved as a standing saddled horse biting a large snake entangled around its body; mounted on a rectangular stand. 1.94 kg total, 15.9 cm wide including stand
From a West London collection and formerly in a Mayfair gallery. -
Indian Bronze Figure of Hanuman
Chola Kingdom, 11th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Hanuman standing with his hands held together in the Namaste hand position, wearing a crown. 79 grams, 53 mm
From a Canadian collection, previously acquired from an antiques dealer in Chor Bazar, Mumbai, India. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.