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LOT 2709
Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (710 grams, 34 x 26 cm).
A rectangular manuscript page depicting a courtly scene with a nobleman embracing a female courtier while others luxuriate around them, in a landscape; calligraphic text panels above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2709
Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Indian Painting of a Mughal Female Courtier
20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Fine condition.
with a North of England dealership. Ex private Scottish collection. -
Early Bronze Age Indus Valley Pottery Seal with Swastika
Mergarh V, circa 3300 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Square in plan with tapering sides and bulbous handle; high-relief sunwheel motif to underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.5 grams, 26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous identification slip. -
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 806 grams, 36 x 28.5 cm
Fair condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.